[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: 20CFR219.7]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 219_EVIDENCE REQUIRED FOR PAYMENT--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A_General Evidence Requirements
 
Sec.  219.7  How the Board decides what is convincing evidence.

    When the Board receives evidence, a Board representative examines it 
to see if it is convincing evidence. If it is, no other evidence is 
needed. In deciding whether the evidence is convincing, the Board 
representative decides whether--
    (a) The information contained in the evidence was given by a person 
in a position to know the facts;
    (b) There was any reason to give false information when the evidence 
was created;
    (c) The information contained in the evidence was given under oath, 
or in the presence of witnesses, or with the knowledge that there was a 
penalty for giving false information;
    (d) The evidence was created at the time the event took place or 
shortly after;
    (e) The evidence has been altered or has any erasures on it; and
    (f) The information contained in the evidence agrees with other 
available evidence, including existing Board records.