Basic (08-19)
DI 43510.005 Medical Development - Assisting the Claimant
The claimant has the primary responsibility for furnishing complete information about
medical sources that have treated the disabling condition and appearing for a consultative
examination (CE) when requested to do so. The claimant may request the evidence from
the treating source. If the disabled individual is unable to obtain medical evidence
of record, the examiner will use the SSA-5526-U3 to request the resident district
office (DO) to contact a domestic source, or use the SSA-423-U3 to request the FSP
to contact a foreign source. The resident DO or FSP should inform the claimant that
SSA will pay necessary expenses for medical evidence. SSA will not pay for the examination
upon which the Medical Evidence of Record (MER) is based. (See DI 22500.000 and DI 23515.005 E.G. for DDS procedures.)