# How We Collect and Consider Evidence of Disability
> **US Social Security Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2012-02-23 · Effective 2012-03-26 · 77 FR 10651
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-4177
- **Category:** ssa-disability
- **Agency:** US Social Security Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 10651
- **CFR reference:** 20 CFR 404
- **Publication date:** 2012-02-23
- **Effective date:** 2012-03-26
- **Docket:** Docket No. SSA 2010-0044
## Abstract

We are modifying the requirement to recontact your medical source(s) first when we need to resolve an inconsistency or insufficiency in the evidence he or she provided. Depending on the nature of the inconsistency or insufficiency, there may be other, more appropriate sources from whom we could obtain the information we need. By giving adjudicators more flexibility in determining how best to obtain this information, we will be able to make a determination or decision on disability claims more quickly and efficiently in certain situations. Eventually, our need to recontact your medical source(s) in many situations will be significantly reduced as a result of our efforts to improve the evidence collection process through the increased use of Health Information Technology (HIT).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/02/23/2012-4177/how-we-collect-and-consider-evidence-of-disability)
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