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CFR  

Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to ESA

Title 20  

Employees' Benefits

 

Chapter I  

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor

 

 

Part 10  

Claims for Compensation Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, As Amended

 

 

 

Subpart F  

Continuing Benefits

20 CFR 10.500 - What are the basic rules governing continuing receipt of compensation benefits and return to work? Rules and Evidence

  • Section Number: 10.500
  • Section Name: What are the basic rules governing continuing receipt of compensation benefits and return to work? Rules and Evidence 

    (a) Benefits are available only while the effects of a work-related 
condition continue. Compensation for wage loss due to disability is 
available only for any periods during which an employee's work-related 
medical condition prevents him or her from earning the wages earned 
before the work-related injury. Payment of medical benefits is available 
for all treatment necessary due to a work-related medical condition.
    (b) Each disabled employee is obligated to perform such work as he 
or
she can, and OWCP's goal is to return each disabled employee to suitable 
work as soon as he or she is medically able. In determining what 
constitutes ``suitable work'' for a particular disabled employee, OWCP 
considers the employee's current physical limitations, whether the work 
is available within the employee's demonstrated commuting area, the 
employee's qualifications to perform such work, and other relevant 
factors. (See Sec. 10.508 with respect to the payment of relocation 
expenses.)

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