---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 219.63"
title: "20"
number: "219.63"
heading: "What evidence is required to establish “good cause”."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/219.63"
---

# §219.63. What evidence is required to establish “good cause”.


The Board will ask for the following evidence of “good cause”:

- (a) The claimant's signed statement explaining why he or she did not file the application for lump-sum death payment or annuity unpaid at death or the parent's proof of support within the specified two-year period.
- (b) If the statement in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section or other evidence raises a reasonable doubt as to whether there was good cause, other convincing evidence to establish “good cause”.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C 231f.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 31942, Aug. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted.