[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: 20CFR220.55]

[Page 274]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 220_DETERMINING DISABILITY--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart G_Consultative Examinations
 
Sec.  220.55  Purchase of consultative examinations at the reconsideration level.

    (a) When a claimant requests a review of the Board's initial 
determination at the reconsideration level of review, consultative 
medical examinations will be obtained when needed, but not routinely. A 
consultative examination will not, if possible, be performed by the same 
physician or psychologist used in the initial claim.
    (b) Where the evidence tends to substantiate an affirmation of the 
initial denial but the claimant states that the treating physician or 
psychologist considers him or her to be disabled, the Board will assist 
the claimant in securing medical reports or records from the treating 
physician.