After the case file is prepared for the hearing, it will be forwarded by this component to the disability hearing officer for a hearing. If necessary, further development of the evidence, including arrangements for medical examinations, will be undertaken by this component. Any new evidence you submit in connection with your request for reconsideration will be included in this review. This review will be conducted in the component of our office (including a State agency) that made the initial or revised determination, by personnel who were not involved in making the initial or revised determination. After you request reconsideration, your case file will be reviewed and prepared for the hearing.
If you do not appear at the hearing, the disability hearing officer will prepare and issue a written reconsidered determination based on the information in your case file. (5) You may waive your right to appear at the hearing. (4) You may present witnesses and question any witnesses at the hearing (3) You or your representative may review the evidence in your case file, either on the date of your hearing or at an earlier time at your request, and present additional evidence (2) You may have a representative at the hearing appointed under subpart R of this part, or you may represent yourself We will follow subpoena procedures similar to those described in § 404.950(d) for the administrative law judge hearing process (1) You may request that we assist you in obtaining pertinent evidence for your disability hearing and, if necessary, that we issue a subpoena to compel the production of certain evidence or testimony. We will advise you that you have the following procedural rights in connection with the disability hearing process: The disability hearing will enable you to introduce evidence and present your views to a disability hearing officer if you are dissatisfied with an initial or revised initial determination, based on medical factors, that you are not now disabled as described in § 404.914(a)(2). § 404.916. Disability hearing-procedures.
