| Section | Title |
|---|---|
| Evidence — General | |
| Prehearing Case Review by the Administrative Law Judge | |
| Prehearing Case Review by Other Component | |
| Remand for Revised Determination | |
| Claimant Informs Hearing Office of Additional Evidence | |
| Obtaining Medical Evidence From a Medical Source | |
| Excluded Medical Sources of Evidence | |
| Obtaining Testimony from a Claimant's Medical Source | |
| Consultative Examinations and Tests | |
| Medical Exhibits Folder | |
| Claimant Does Not Attend or Refuses to Undergo a Consultative Examination or Test | |
| State Agency Physician Determines that a Requested Test Would Involve Significant Risk | |
| Action Following Receipt of Requested Evidence | |
| Prehearing Proffer of Evidence | |
| Medical or Vocational Expert Opinion — General | |
| Blanket Purchase Agreements - Obtaining Expert Evidence | |
| Medical Experts — General | |
| When to Obtain Medical Expert Opinion | |
| Selecting a Medical Expert | |
| Scheduling a Medical Expert for Hearing | |
| Obtaining Medical Expert Opinion at the Hearing | |
| Obtaining Medical Expert Opinion After the Hearing | |
| Obtaining Medical Expert Opinion Through Interrogatories | |
| Action When Administrative Law Judge Receives Medical Expert's Responses to Interrogatories | |
| Action When Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Receives New Evidence After a Medical Expert (ME) Has Provided an Opinion | |
| Vocational Experts — General | |
| When to Obtain Vocational Expert Testimony | |
| Selecting a Vocational Expert | |
| Scheduling a Vocational Expert for Hearing | |
| Obtaining Vocational Expert Testimony at the Hearing | |
| Obtaining Vocational Expert Testimony After the Hearing | |
| Obtaining Vocational Expert Testimony Through Interrogatories | |
| Action When Administrative Law Judge Receives Vocational Expert's Responses to Interrogatories | |
| Action When Administrative Law Judge Receives New Evidence After a Vocational Expert Has Provided Testimony | |
| Use of Dually Qualified Vocational and Medical Experts | |
| Evidence from Nonmedical Sources — General | |
| Obtaining Evidence From Nonmedical Sources – the Claimant | |
| Obtaining Evidence Directly From Nonmedical Sources | |
| Using the Internet as a Source of Information in Case Adjudication | |
| Obtaining Evidence Through an SSA Field Office | |
| Field Office Employee as a Witness | |
| Obtaining Earnings Record Information | |
| Obtaining Assistance in Processing Foreign Claims and Evidence | |
| Obtaining a Duplicate Audio Recording or Transcript of a Hearing | |
| Use of Subpoenas - General | |
| Preparation and Service of a Subpoena | |
| Noncompliance With a Subpoena | |
| Use of Prehearing Questionnaires – General | |
| Sample – Medical Development Letter to Medical Source | |
| Sample-Letter to Representative Enclosing Copy of New Evidence | |
| Sample-Letter to Unrepresented Claimant Enclosing Copy of New Evidence | |
| Sample-Interrogatories to Medical Expert | |
| Sample-Interrogatories to Vocational Expert | |
| Sample-Letter to Expert Witness-Written Interrogatories | |
| Exhibit – Transmittal Letter to Expert Witness-Evidence Received After Interrogatories | |
| Sample-Letter to Transmit Revised Interrogatories to Claimant or Representative | |
| Sample-Letter to Transmit Revised Interrogatories to Claimant or Representative | |
| Sample-Letter to Proffer the Responses to the Interrogatories to the Claimant or Representative |