- The FECA provides for compensation for specified periods of time for the permanent loss or loss of use of certain members, organs, and functions of the body. Such loss or loss of use is known as permanent impairment. Compensation for permanent impairment is paid according to a schedule which assigns a number of days or weeks of compensation to a percentage of impairment for each scheduled member (5 U.S.C. 8107 and 20 C.F.R. 10.404).
- The medical evidence must establish that the injured worker is at maximum medical improvement (MMI) and has sustained a permanent impairment. Impairment percentages are calculated using the AMA Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Partial Impairment, 6th Edition.
- FECA precludes employees from receiving wage loss compensation and schedule award benefits concurrently for the same injury. A schedule award may be paid concurrently with wage loss from another injury, as long as they do not involve the same part of the body.
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