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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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| Compensation for Disability and Death of Noncitizen Federal Employees Outside the United States |
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| The Special Schedule of Compensation |
20 CFR 25.100 - How is compensation for disability paid?
- Section Number: 25.100
- Section Name: How is compensation for disability paid?
Compensation for disability shall be paid to the employee as
follows:
(a) Permanent total disability. In cases of permanent total
disability, 66\2/3\ percent of the monthly pay during the period of such
disability.
(b) Temporary total disability. In cases of temporary total
disability, 66\2/3\ percent of the monthly pay during the period of such
disability.
(c) Permanent partial disability. In cases of permanent partial
disability, 66\2/3\ percent of the monthly pay, for the following losses
and periods:
(1) Arm lost: 280 weeks' compensation.
(2) Leg lost: 248 weeks' compensation.
(3) Hand lost: 212 weeks' compensation.
(4) Foot lost: 173 weeks' compensation.
(5) Eye lost: 140 weeks' compensation.
(6) Thumb lost: 51 weeks' compensation.
(7) First finger lost: 28 weeks' compensation.
(8) Great toe lost: 26 weeks' compensation.
(9) Second finger lost: 18 weeks' compensation.
(10) Third finger lost: 17 weeks' compensation.
(11) Toe, other than great toe, lost: 8 weeks' compensation.
(12) Fourth finger lost: 7 weeks' compensation.
(13) Loss of hearing: One ear, 52 weeks' compensation; both ears,
200 weeks' compensation.
(14) Phalanges: Compensation for loss of more than one phalanx of a
digit shall be the same as for the loss of the entire digit.
Compensation for loss of the first phalanx shall be one-half of the
compensation for the loss of the entire digit.
(15) Amputated arm or leg: Compensation for an arm or a leg, if
amputated at or above the elbow or the knee, shall be the same as for
the loss of the arm or leg; but, if amputated between the elbow and the
wrist, or between the knee and the ankle, the compensation shall be the
same as for the loss of the hand or the foot.
(16) Binocular vision or percent of vision: Compensation for loss of
binocular vision, or for 80 percent or more of the vision of an eye
shall be the same as for the loss of the eye.
(17) Two or more digits: Compensation for loss of two or more
digits, one or more phalanges of two or more digits of a hand or foot
may be proportioned to the loss of use of the hand or foot occasioned
thereby, but shall not exceed the compensation for the loss of a hand or
a foot.
(18) Total loss of use: Compensation for a permanent total loss of
use of a member shall be the same as for loss of the member.
(19) Partial loss or partial loss of use: Compensation for permanent
partial loss or loss of use of a member may be for proportionate loss of
use of the member.
(20) Consecutive awards: In any case in which there shall be a loss
or loss of use of more than one member or parts of more than one member
set forth in paragraphs (c) (1) through (19) of this section, but not
amounting to permanent total disability, the award of compensation shall
be for the loss or loss of use of each such member or part thereof,
which awards shall run consecutively, except that where the injury
affects only two or more digits of the same hand or foot, paragraph
(c)(17) of this section shall apply.
(21) Other cases: In all other cases within this class of disability
the compensation during the continuance of disability shall be that
proportion of compensation for permanent total disability, as determined
under paragraph (a) of this section, which is equal in percentage to the
degree or percentage of physical impairment caused by the disability.
(22) Compensation under paragraphs (c) (1) through (21) of this
section for permanent partial disability shall be in addition to any
compensation for temporary total or temporary partial disability under
this section, and awards for temporary total, temporary partial, and
permanent partial disability shall run consecutively.
(d) Temporary partial disability. In cases of temporary partial
disability, during the period of disability, that proportion of
compensation for temporary total disability, as determined under
paragraph (b) of this section, which is equal in percentage to the
degree or percentage of physical impairment caused by the disability.
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