Emotional Reaction Claims Under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act
by Lenin V. Perez Stress related disabilities are compensable under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA). They generally fall into three categories: mental stimulus causing a physical injury...
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Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation (DFEC) Impact of USPS Data Suspension Background Information for Employees of the USPS Information for Medical Providers Information for USPS Injury...
View ArticleECAB Reverses Termination Based on Postal Service Surveillance in OWCP Claim
This article is excerpted from http://www.nalc.org/depart/owcp/ecab_oig_surveillance.html ECAB Video Surveillance Decision The Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board issued a decision on 9/26/12...
View ArticleU.S. Postal Service Promotes Align Network But Employees Not Required To Use It
by Lenin V. Perez The U.S. Postal Service has established a business relationship with Align Networks to set up a program that provides physical therapy network services for employees with work related...
View ArticleConsequential Injuries
by Lenin V. Perez There are many types of consequential injuries that an employee may have and not know that they are covered by OWCP. A consequential injury is an injury or medical condition...
View ArticleThird Party Recovery
by Lenin V. Perez The Federal Employees Compensation Act provides that the Department of Labor (through the Office of Workers’ Compensation or its Office of the Solicitor) has the right to recover from...
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PagesHome About Workers Compensation Disability Retirement Medical Providers FECA-OWCP FAQs Contact Blog Posts by category Category: Federal Workers Compensation Workplace Assaults and the Office of...
View ArticleFree Review of Your OWCP Schedule Award
by Lenin V. Perez Recently our experts have been finding systematic mistakes in the way the federal government has been paying OWCP Schedule Awards to injured federal workers. We have been able to...
View ArticleCausal Relationship in OWCP Federal Workers Compensation Claims
Causal Relationship: General by Lenin V. Perez When filing a workers’ compensation claim, the burden of proof is on the employee. Therefore, it is the employee’s responsibility to show a causal...
View ArticleWorkplace Assaults and the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP)
by Lenin V. Perez Workplace assaults may or may not be compensable under the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). In general, an assault that occurs while the federal employee is on duty...
View ArticleECAB Reverses Termination Based on Postal Service Surveillance in OWCP Claim
This article is excerpted from http://www.nalc.org/depart/owcp/ecab_oig_surveillance.html ECAB Video Surveillance Decision The Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board issued a decision on 9/26/12 (Docket...
View ArticleU.S. Postal Service Promotes Align Network But Employees Not Required To Use It
by Lenin V. Perez The U.S. Postal Service has established a business relationship with Align Networks to set up a program that provides physical therapy network services for employees with work related...
View ArticleConsequential Injuries
by Lenin V. Perez There are many types of consequential injuries that an federal employee may have and not know that they are covered by OWCP. A consequential injury is an injury or medical condition...
View ArticleThird Party Recovery
by Lenin V. Perez The Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) provides that the Department of Labor (through the Office of Workers’ Compensation or its Office of the Solicitor) has the right to...
View ArticleFree Review of Your OWCP Schedule Award
by Lenin V. Perez Recently our experts have been finding systematic mistakes in the way the federal government has been paying OWCP Schedule Awards to injured federal workers. We have been able to...
View ArticleCausal Relationship in OWCP Federal Workers Compensation Claims
by Lenin V. Perez Causal Relationship: General When filing a workers’ compensation claim, the burden of proof is on the employee. Therefore, it is the employee’s responsibility to show a causal...
View ArticleWorkplace Assaults and the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP)
by Lenin V. Perez Workplace assaults may or may not be compensable under the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). In general, an assault that occurs while the federal employee is on duty...
View ArticleRetirement Income Planning
If you are preparing to separate from service as a federal employee with TSP, FERS, or CSRS, or if you are about to receive an OWCP Schedule Award or other financial settlement, Big State Financial of...
View ArticleMedical Restrictions Misconceptions: The CA-17 Duty Status Report vs. OWCP...
By Lenin V. Perez If you are reading this article then you, or the person you are representing, are probably on a medical restriction related to your accepted federal workers compensation claim. As...
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