---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 220.48"
title: "20"
number: "220.48"
heading: "If the claimant fails to submit medical or other evidence."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/220.48"
---

# §220.48. If the claimant fails to submit medical or other evidence.


The Board may request a claimant to submit medical or other evidence. If the claimant does not submit that evidence, the Board will make a decision on other evidence which is either already available in the claimant's case or which the Board may develop from other sources, including reports of consultative examinations.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231a; 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 12980, Mar. 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted.