Hospitalization for observation and physical (including mental) examination may be effected when requested by an authorized official, or when found necessary in examination of the following persons:
- (a) Claimants or beneficiaries of VA for purposes of disability compensation, pension, participation in a rehabilitation program under 38 U.S.C. chapter 31, and Government insurance. (38 U.S.C. 1711(a))
- (b) Claimants or beneficiaries referred to a diagnostic center for study to determine the clinical identity of an obscure disorder.
- (c) Employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs when necessary to determine their mental or physical fitness to perform official duties.
(d) Claimants or beneficiaries of other Federal agencies:
- (1) Department of Justice—plaintiffs in Government insurance suits.
- (2) United States Civil Service Commission—annuitants or applicants for retirement annuity, and such examinations of prospective appointees as may be requested.
- (3) Office of Workers' Compensation Programs—to determine identity, severity, or persistence of disability.
- (4) Railroad Retirement Board—applicants for annuity under Public No. 162, 75th Congress.
- (5) Other Federal agencies.
- (e) Pensioners of nations allied with the United States in World War I and World War II, upon authorization from accredited officials of the respective governments.
[13 FR 7156, Nov. 27, 1948, as amended at 16 FR 12091, Nov. 30, 1951; 19 FR 6716, Oct. 19, 1954; 32 FR 13813, Oct. 4, 1967; 39 FR 32606, Sept. 10, 1974; 49 FR 5616, Feb. 14, 1984. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 21965, 21966, May 13, 1996]