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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor |
| Employees' Benefits |
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| Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor |
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| Claims for Compensation Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, As Amended |
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| Compensation and Related Benefits |
(a) Dependents include a wife or husband; an unmarried child under
18 years of age; an unmarried child over 18 who is incapable of self-
support; a student, until he or she reaches 23 years of age or completes
four years of school beyond the high school level; or a wholly dependent
parent.
(b) Augmented compensation payable for an unmarried child, which
would otherwise terminate when the child reached the age of 18, may be
continued while the child is a student as defined in 5 U.S.C. 8101(17).