---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.1516"
title: "20"
number: "404.1516"
heading: "If you fail to submit medical and other evidence."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.1516"
---

# §404.1516. If you fail to submit medical and other evidence.


If you do not give us the medical and other evidence that we need and request, we will have to make a decision based on information available in your case. We will not excuse you from giving us evidence because you have religious or personal reasons against medical examinations, tests, or treatment.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 402, 405(a)-(b) and (d)-(h), 416(i), 421(a) and (h)-(j), 422(c), 423, 425, 902(a)(5), and 1320e-3; sec. 211(b), Pub. L. 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105, 2189; sec. 202, Pub. L. 108-203, 118 Stat. 509 (42 U.S.C. 902 note).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 55584, Aug. 20, 1980, unless otherwise noted.