Question: Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, what requirements
must a claim for workers' compensation meet?
Answer: The employee must provide medical and factual evidence to
establish five basic elements:
- The claim was filed within the time limits set by the FECA;
- The injured or deceased person was an employee within the meaning of
the FECA:
- The employee actually developed a medical condition (or damaged a prosthesis)
in a particular way;
- The employee was in the performance of duty when the event(s) leading
to the claim occurred; and
- The medical condition found resulted from the event(s) leading to the
claim.
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