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spouse or child prevents his or her attendance at the scheduled hearing. To have OWCP
reschedule the hearing, the claimant must present proper documentation that one of the above
events has occurred.
Claimants will undoubtedly continue to request postponement for an unspecified reason or for any
reason other than the extraordinary circumstances described above. Where the request for
postponement is received in sufficient time to contact the claimant prior to the scheduled hearing
(i.e., 10 days for mailing or through a documented telephone contact), the Hearing Representative
should advise the claimant that the postponement will not be allowed pursuant to the regulations
at Section 10.622 (b). The claimant will then have the following options:
(1) to withdraw the hearing request;
(2) to attend the scheduled hearing;
(3) to reschedule the hearing at an available time within the same docket;
(4) to have a telephone hearing at the Hearing Representative's discretion; or
(5) to opt for a review of the written record by the assigned Hearing Representative.
A claimant who opts for a review of the written record must be advised by H&R that he or she has
15 days within which to submit any information or evidence the claimant wants to be considered in
the review of the record. A system-generated letter will be used to document the change of format
and the need for additional evidence to be submitted, if applicable.
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