---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.999b"
title: "20"
number: "404.999b"
heading: "Who may be reimbursed."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.999b"
---

# §404.999b. Who may be reimbursed.

- (a) The following individuals may be reimbursed for certain travel expenses—
  - (1) You, when you attend medical examinations upon request in connection with disability determinations; these are medical examinations requested by the State agency or by us when additional medical evidence is necessary to make a disability determination (also referred to as consultative examinations, see [§ 404.1517](/cfr/20/404.1517.md));
  - (2) You, your representative (see § [404.1705 (a)](/cfr/20/404.1705.md?p=a) and [(b)](/cfr/20/404.1705.md?p=b)), and all unsubpoenaed witnesses we or the State agency determines to be reasonably necessary who attend disability hearings; and
  - (3) You, your representative, and all unsubpoenaed witnesses we determine to be reasonably necessary who attend hearings on any claim for benefits before an administrative law judge.
- (b) [Sections 404.999a through 404.999d](/cfr/20/404.999a..404.999d.md) do not apply to subpoenaed witnesses. They are reimbursed under §§ [404.950(d)](/cfr/20/404.950.md?p=d) and [404.916(b)(1)](/cfr/20/404.916.md?p=b-1).

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 8808, Mar. 14, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 201(j), 204(f), 205(a)-(b), (d)-(h), and (j), 221, 223(i), 225, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(j), 404(f), 405(a)-(b), (d)-(h), and (j), 421, 423(i), 425, and 902(a)(5)); sec. 5, Pub. L. 97-455, 96 Stat. 2500 (42 U.S.C. 405 note); secs. 5, 6(c)-(e), and 15, Pub. L. 98-460, 98 Stat. 1802 (42 U.S.C. 421 note); sec. 202, Pub. L. 108-203, 118 Stat. 509 (42 U.S.C. 902 note).

### Amendments

[51 FR 8808, Mar. 14, 1986]