[Title 20 CFR 404.1518]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - April 1, 1996 Edition]
[Title 20 - EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS]
[Chapter III - SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION]
[Part 404 - FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )]
[Subpart P - Determining Disability and Blindness]
[Sec. 404.1518 - If you do not appear at a consultative examination.]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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    EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
    SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
    FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )
    Determining Disability and Blindness
  


Sec. 404.1518  If you do not appear at a consultative examination.

    (a) General. If you are applying for benefits and do not have a good 
reason for failing or refusing to take part in a consultative 
examination or test which we arrange for you to get information we need 
to determine your disability or blindness, we may find that you are not 
disabled or blind. If you are already receiving benefits and do not have 
a good reason for failing or refusing to take part in a consultative 
examination or test which we arranged for you, we may determine that 
your disability or blindness has stopped because of your failure or 
refusal. Therefore, if you have any reason why you cannot go for the 
scheduled appointment, you should tell us about this as soon as possible 
before the examination date. If you have a good reason, we will schedule 
another examination. We will consider your physical, mental, 
educational, and linguistic limitations (including any lack of facility 
with the English language) when determining if you have a good reason 
for failing to attend a consultative examination.
    (b) Examples of good reasons for failure to appear. Some examples of 
what we consider good reasons for not going to a scheduled examination 
include--
    (1) Illness on the date of the scheduled examination or test;
    (2) Not receiving timely notice of the scheduled examination or 
test, or receiving no notice at all;
    (3) Being furnished incorrect or incomplete information, or being 
given incorrect information about the physician involved or the time or 
place of the examination or test, or;
    (4) Having had death or serious illness occur in your immediate 
family.
    (c) Objections by your physician. If any of your treating physicians 
tell you that you should not take the examination or test, you should 
tell us at once. In many cases, we may be able to get the information we 
need in another way. Your physician may agree to another type of 
examination for the same purpose.

[45 FR 55584, Aug. 20, 1980, as amended at 59 FR 1635, Jan. 12, 1994]

Standards To Be Used in Determining When a Consultative Examination Will 
        Be Obtained in Connection With Disability Determinations