20 C.F.R. § 220.47 Purchase of existing medical evidence.
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
The Board needs specific medical evidence to determine whether a claimant is disabled. The claimant is responsible for providing that evidence. However, at its discretion, the Board will pay the reasonable cost to obtain medical evidence that it needs and requests from physicians not employed by the Federal government and other non-Federal providers of medical services.
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 220—DETERMINING DISABILITY
Subpart F—Evidence of Disability
§ 220.47 Purchase of existing medical evidence.
