[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR8.23]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 8_NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 8.23  Examination in connection with total disability benefits.

    Physical examination in connection with claim for total disability 
benefits may be made by a medical officer of the United States Army, 
Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service, or may be made at Government 
expense by a full-time or part-time salaried physician or physician's 
assistant at a regional office or medical facility of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. If an insured is unable to travel, because of physical 
or mental condition, the Director of a regional office or of a medical 
facility may, on his or her own initiative or at the request of the 
Insurance activity concerned, authorize at Government expense 
examination at the residence of the insured. The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may require such further medical examination or such additional 
medical evidence as may be deemed necessary and proper to establish the 
physical and mental condition of the insured.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1912(b))

[47 FR 11659, Mar. 18, 1982. Redesignated at 61 FR 29290, June 10, 1996. 
Redesignated at 65 FR 7437, Feb. 15, 2000]