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title: "38 U.S.C. § 5125"
description: "Acceptance of reports of private physician examinations"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
chapter_number: "51"
chapter_name: "CLAIMS, EFFECTIVE DATES, AND PAYMENTS"
section: "5125"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 5125"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 5125 - Acceptance of reports of private physician examinations

## Text

For purposes of establishing any claim for benefits under chapter 11 or 15 of this title, a report of a medical examination administered by a private physician that is provided by a claimant in support of a claim for benefits under that chapter may be accepted without a requirement for confirmation by an examination by a physician employed by the Veterans Health Administration if the report is sufficiently complete to be adequate for the purpose of adjudicating such claim.

(Added Pub. L. 103–446, title III, § 301(b), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4658.)