20 C.F.R. §§ 416.2208–416.2209

The State VR agency must file a claim for payment in each individual case within the time periods specified in § 416.2216;

The claim for payment must be in a form prescribed by us and contain the following information:

The VR services for which payment is being requested must have been provided during the period specified in § 416.2215;

The VR services for which payment is being requested must have been provided under a State plan for VR services approved under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and must be services that are described in § 416.2214;

The individual must meet one of the VR payment provisions specified in § 416.2201;

The State VR agency must maintain, and provide as we may require, adequate documentation of all services and costs for all disabled or blind recipients with respect to whom a State VR agency could potentially request payment for services and costs under this subpart; and

The amount to be paid must be reasonable and necessary and be in compliance with the cost guidelines specified in § 416.2217.

Whether a continuous period of 9 months of SGA has been completed;

Whether a disability or blindness recipient whose disability or blindness has ceased should continue to receive benefits under section 1631(a)(6) of the Social Security Act for a month after October 1984 or, in the case of a blindness recipient, for a month after March 1988, based on his or her continued participation in a VR program;

If and when medical recovery has occurred;

Whether documentation of VR services and expenditures is adequate;

If payment is to be based on completion of a continuous 9-month period of SGA, whether the VR services contributed to the continuous period of SGA;

Whether a VR service is a service described in § 416.2214; and

What VR costs were reasonable and necessary and will be paid.