§ 10.106 - How to file a claim for disability compensation.

(a) Whenever an employee, as a result of an injury in the performance of duty, is disabled with loss of pay for more than 3 calendar days or has a permanent impairment or serious disfigurement as described in 5 U.S.C. 8107, the official superior shall furnish the employee with Form CA-7 for the purpose of claiming compensation and shall advise the employee of his or her rights under the Act.

(b) The employee, upon termination of wage loss if the period of wage loss is less than 10 calendar days, or at the expiration of 10 calendar days from the date pay stops if the period of wage loss will be 10 calendar days or more, should file Form CA-7 with the Office or with any person designated by the Office to receive claims. The employee's official superior is so designated to receive claims on behalf of the Office. The employee, or someone acting on the employee's behalf, must complete the front of Form CA-7 and, unless special circumstances require otherwise, submit the form to the official superior for completion and transmission to the Office. The employee is responsible for submitting, or arranging for the submission of, medical evidence in support of the claim. Form CA-20 is attached to Form CA-7 for this purpose.

(c) Upon receipt of Form CA-7 from the employee (or from someone acting on the employee's behalf), the official superior shall complete the appropriate portions of the claim form. As soon as possible, but not later than 5 working days after its receipt from the employee, the official superior shall forward the completed Form CA-7 and any accompanying medical report to the Office.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1215-0103)