§10.330. What are the requirements for medical reports?
20 C.F.R. § 10.330
In all cases reported to OWCP, a medical report from the attending physician is required. This report should include:
Dates of examination and treatment;
History given by the employee;
Physical findings;
Results of diagnostic tests;
Diagnosis;
Course of treatment;
A description of any other conditions found but not due to the claimed injury;
The treatment given or recommended for the claimed injury;
The physician's opinion, with medical reasons, as to causal relationship between the diagnosed condition(s) and the factors or conditions of the employment;
The extent of disability affecting the employee's ability to work due to the injury;
The prognosis for recovery; and
All other material findings.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 8102a, 8103, 8145 and 8149; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263.
Source
Source: 76 FR 37903, June 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted.