Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)

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Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation (DLHWC)

CHAPTER 3-300 — SECONDARY CASE REVIEW

1. Purpose and Scope. This Chapter serves as an introduction to the procedures for the secondary review of disability and death cases contained in the following two chapters.
2. Related Chapters. In Part 2 of the Procedure Manual, Chapter 2-201 and Chapter 2-202 describe the actions to be taken in the primary review of disability and death cases. The procedures in Chapter 3-301 and Chapter 3-302 take up where those procedures left off. They include and augment the procedures for the primary review of disability and death cases found in Part 2.
3. Definition. A secondary case is any open file which has previously undergone initial case review by the Claims Examiner (CE) or Claims Examiner Clerk (CEC). It comes up for secondary review when a call-up expires or a requested document or additional information is received. It remains a secondary case until all necessary action is completed and the case is closed.