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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 13

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 24 Chapter 13 Determining Disability, Incapacity, and Blindness

13.7.3 ADDITIONAL MEDICAL REPORTS Additional medical reports may be requested by: the MRT, the client, or the Hearings Officer. See Section 13.7 and Common Chapters Manual Chapter 700. The Worker is responsible for obtaining the requested medical reports. The procedures for obtaining additional medical reports are the same as for obtaining initial reports. When the additional medical reports are received, the Worker evaluates them for presumptive approval. See Section 13.6.

13.7.4 FAILURE TO KEEP MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS Penalties for failure to keep medical appointments vary, depending on the point at which the non-compliance occurs. If the client has good cause for not keeping the appointment, another one is made. Only cases involving the client's deliberate failure to provide necessary information are subject to adverse action. The client must be informed of the possible consequence at the time of appointment notification. The Worker must determine whether or not the client has good cause for failing to keep a medical appointment. NOTE: Additional medical reports must be requested within seven days after the receipt of the MRT’s request. NOTE: The additional medical reports must be re-submitted to the MRT within seven days after receipt.