Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-13-110: Medical reports

(a) In the filing of a claim, the claimant shall provide sufficient medical reports from physicians, surgeons, hospitals and other health care facilities to fully describe the injury suffered, the treatments rendered and the percentage of disability incurred, if disability benefits are requested by the claimant. At the time of final adjudication of the claim, medical reports submitted by the claimant may be returned to the claimant.

(b) If an examination of the victim and a report thereon, or a report on the cause of death of the victim, would be of material aid, a duly qualified impartial physician may be appointed to make such an examination or report, with due regard to the religious tenets of the claimant.