[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR702.221]

[Page 877-878]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
  CHAPTER VI--EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 702--ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Claims Procedures
 
Sec. 702.221  Claims for compensation; time limitations.

    (a) Claims for compensation for disability or death shall be in 
writing and filed with the district director for the

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compensation district in which the injury or death occurred. The Social 
Security Number (SSN) of the injured employee and, in cases of death, 
the SSN of the person seeking survivor benefits shall also be set forth 
on each claim. Claims may be filed anytime after the seventh day of 
disability or anytime following the death of the employee. Except as 
provided below, the right to compensation is barred unless a claim is 
filed within one year of the injury or death, or (where payment is made 
without an award) within one year of the date on which the last 
compensation payment was made.
    (b) In the case of a hearing loss claim, the time for filing a claim 
does not begin to run until the employee receives an audiogram with the 
accompanying report which indicates the employee has sustained a hearing 
loss that is related to his or her employment. (See Sec. 702.441).

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1215-0160)

[50 FR 398, Jan. 3, 1985, as amended at 51 FR 4284, Feb. 3, 1986; 58 FR 
68032, Dec. 23, 1993]