---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 702.104"
title: "20"
number: "702.104"
heading: "Transfer of individual case file."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/702.104"
---

# §702.104. Transfer of individual case file.

- (a) At any time after a claim is filed, the district director having jurisdiction thereof may, with the prior or subsequent approval of the Director, transfer such case to the district director in another compensation district for the purpose of making an investigation, ordering medical examinations, or taking such other action as may be necessary or appropriate to further develop the claim. If, after filing a claim, the claimant moves to another compensation district, the district director may, upon request by the claimant or the employer and with the approval of the Director, transfer the case to such other compensation district.
- (b) The district director making the transfer may by letter or memorandum to the district director to whom the case is transferred give advice, comments, suggestions, or directions if appropriate to the particular case. All interested parties will be advised of the transfer.

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 45301, Sept. 9, 1977, as amended at 80 FR 12928, Mar. 12, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[42 FR 45301, Sept. 9, 1977, as amended at 80 FR 12928, Mar. 12, 2015]