{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-220.47","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 220.47","heading":"Purchase of existing medical evidence.","body":"The Board needs specific medical evidence to determine whether a claimant is disabled. The claimant is responsible for providing that evidence. However, at its discretion, the Board will pay the reasonable cost to obtain medical evidence that it needs and requests from physicians not employed by the Federal government and other non-Federal providers of medical services.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 220—DETERMINING DISABILITY","Subpart F—Evidence of Disability"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"a5fe85e722f0fc9a22ca3493a3256e25d7a5f148ce7ac7d4007cb3066295c856","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-220.46","next":"us/20-cfr-220.48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}