When head trauma, stroke, encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, another acquired or developmental condition, or the medication used to treat it may have affected an airman's cognition, the FAA asks for a neuropsychological evaluation. This specification lists what the report must contain, and the FAA will not begin reviewing test findings until the report, computer score reports and a score summary sheet arrive.
A qualified neuropsychologist with additional training in aviation-specific topics performs the testing and writes the report; the FAA publishes a list of neuropsychologists who meet its quality criteria. The airman supplies prior psychiatric or substance-related treatment records and requests the complete FAA medical file on FAA Form 8065-2 for the evaluator.
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Specifications for Neuropsychological Evaluations for Potential Neurocognitive Impairment
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A qualified neuropsychologist with additional training in aviation-specific topics. The FAA posts a list of neuropsychologists who meet all of its quality criteria. The evaluator gets the required core test battery through the FAA's secure testing portal rather than from the published specification.
At minimum: a review of all available records including academic and prior psychiatric records, a clinical interview covering psychosocial, academic, employment, legal, substance use, aviation and medical history, a mental status examination, interpretation of a full test battery, and an integrated summary with an explicit diagnosis and aeromedical opinion.
The FAA states it will not proceed with reviewing test findings without the required data: the report itself, copies of all computer score reports, and a score summary sheet listing every test score, with pilot norms where available and percentiles where possible.