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Title 20: Employees' Benefits
CHAPTER II: RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
SUBCHAPTER B: REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT
PART 220: DETERMINING DISABILITY
Subpart G: Consultative Examinations
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.
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