[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR220.52]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 220_DETERMINING DISABILITY--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart G_Consultative Examinations
 
Sec. 220.52  Failure to appear at a consultative examination.

    (a) General. The Board may find that the claimant is not disabled if 
he or she does not have good reason for failing or refusing to take part 
in a consultative examination or test which was arranged by the Board. 
If the individual is already receiving an annuity and does not have a 
good reason for failing or refusing to take part in a consultative 
examination or test which the Board arranged, the Board may determine 
that the individual's disability has stopped because of his or her 
failure or refusal. The claimant for whom an examination or test has 
been scheduled should notify the Board as soon as possible before the 
scheduled date of the examination or test if he or she has any reason 
why he or she cannot go to the examination or test. If the Board finds 
that the claimant has a good reason for failure to appear, another 
examination or test will be scheduled.
    (b) Examples of good reasons for failure to appear. Some examples of 
good reasons for not going to a scheduled examination or test include--
    (1) Illness on the date of the scheduled examination or test;
    (2) Failure to receive notice or timely notice of an examination or 
test;
    (3) Receipt of incorrect or incomplete information about the 
examination or test; or
    (4) A death or serious illness in the claimant's immediate family.
    (c) Objections by a claimant's physician. The Board should be 
notified immediately if the claimant is advised by his or her treating 
physician not to take an examination or test. In some cases, the Board 
may be able to secure the information which is needed in another way or 
the treating physician may agree to another type of examination for the 
same purpose.