---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.330"
title: "20"
number: "10.330"
heading: "What are the requirements for medical reports?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.330"
---

# §10.330. What are the requirements for medical reports?


In all cases reported to OWCP, a medical report from the attending physician is required. This report should include:

- (a) Dates of examination and treatment;
- (b) History given by the employee;
- (c) Physical findings;
- (d) Results of diagnostic tests;
- (e) Diagnosis;
- (f) Course of treatment;
- (g) A description of any other conditions found but not due to the claimed injury;
- (h) The treatment given or recommended for the claimed injury;
- (i) The physician's opinion, with medical reasons, as to causal relationship between the diagnosed condition(s) and the factors or conditions of the employment;
- (j) The extent of disability affecting the employee's ability to work due to the injury;
- (k) The prognosis for recovery; and
- (l) **All other material findings.**

## Notes

### 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.