TN 42 (07-23)
GN 03103.060 Policy for Payment of Certain Travel Expenses to Hearings
When we require a claimant, an appointed representative, and necessary unsubpoenaed
witnesses to travel more than 75 miles one way, from their residence or office to
a hearing, the Office of Hearings Operations (OHO) has authority to reimburse them
for their traveling expenses.
If claimants who live outside of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Northern
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa want an
oral hearing, they must travel to one of these places at their own expense. If they
have a representative in the U.S., the representative can attend an oral hearing and
is eligible for travel expense reimbursement.
For information about Appeals of Payment for Certain Travel Expenses, see GN 03101.140.