[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR219.5]

[Page 249]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 219_EVIDENCE REQUIRED FOR PAYMENT--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A_General Evidence Requirements
 
Sec.  219.5  Where and how to provide evidence.

    (a) When Board office is accessible. A claimant or representative 
should give his or her evidence to an employee of the Railroad 
Retirement Board office where he or she files the application. An 
employee of the Board will tell the claimant or representative what is 
needed and how to get it.
    (b) When Board office is not accessible. A claimant who lives in an 
area where there is no Board office or who is unable to travel to a 
Board office may send evidence to the Board office nearest to where the 
claimant lives. A claimant who lives outside the United States may take 
evidence to the American embassy or consulate or other Foreign Service 
Office nearest to where he or she lives or send it to the headquarters 
of the Board.