20 C.F.R. § 416.916
If you fail to submit medical and other evidence
You (and if you are a child, your parent, guardian, relative, or other person acting on your behalf) must co-operate in furnishing us with, or in helping us to obtain or identify, available medical or other evidence about your impairment(s). When you fail to cooperate with us in obtaining evidence, 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 of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1996–2024 · leading case: Ellison v. Barnhart
Ellison v. Barnhart (2003)
“See 20 C.F.R. § 416.916 (stating that “[w]hen you fail to cooperate with us in obtaining evidence, we will have to make a decision based on the information available in your case”).”
Hardaway v. Chater (1996)
“” 20 C.F.R. section 416.916 also provides that a claimant "must co-operate in furnishing us with, ■ or in helping us to obtain or identify, available medical or other evidence about your impairments).”
Verge v. Commissioner of Social Security (2020)
“In particular, a disability benefits claimant is required to cooperate with the agency’s request for medical evidence regarding the claimant’s asserted disability, including submitting for medical examinations, 20 C.F.R. § 416.916 , and a disability benefits claimant may be…”
Davis v. O'Malley (CONSENT) (2024)
“See 20 C.F.R. § 416.916 (“You . . . must co-operate in furnishing us with, or in helping us to obtain or identify, available medical or other evidence about your impairment(s).”
White v. O'Malley (CONSENT) (2024)
“” 20 C.F.R. § 416.916 . When a claimant requests a hearing with an ALJ, pursuant to 20 C.”
Lundie v. Kijakazi (2021)
“See 20 C.F.R. § 416.916 . If a claimant 6 Moreover, Plaintiff testified that the MRI report he sought to add to the record as medical evidence “is false.”
Penvose v. Commissioner of Social Security (2020)
“See 20 C.F.R. § 416.916 . If a claimant fails to attend an evaluation without good cause, the ALJ is required to issue a decision based upon the available evidence.”
Gross v. Commissioner of Social Security (2021)
“); see 20 C.F.R. § 416.916 (“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.”
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