[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR220.47]

[Page 272]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 220_DETERMINING DISABILITY--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart F_Evidence of Disability
 
Sec.  220.47  Purchase of existing medical evidence.

    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.