[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR61.303]

[Page 126]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS'COMPENSATION PROGRAMS,DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 61--CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE WAR HAZARDS COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart D--Detention Benefits
 
Sec. 61.303  Determination of detention status.

    A determination that an employee has been detained by a hostile 
force or person may be made on the basis that the employee has 
disappeared under circumstances that make detention appear probable. In 
making the determination, the Office will consider the information and 
the conclusion of the Department or agency of the United States having 
knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the absence of the employee 
as prima facie evidence of the employee's status. The presumptive status 
of total disability of the missing person shall continue during the 
period of the absence, or until death is in fact established or can be 
legally presumed to have occurred.