[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR844.105]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 844_FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM_DISABILITY RETIREMENT
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 844.105  Relationship to workers' compensation.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, an 
individual who is eligible for both an annuity under part 842 or 844 of 
this chapter and compensation for injury or disability under subchapter 
I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code (other than a scheduled 
award under 5 U.S.C. 8107(c)), covering the same period of time must 
elect to receive either the annuity or compensation.
    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, 
an individual may concurrently receive an annuity based on the 
individual's service under part 842 or 844 of this chapter and a benefit 
under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, on 
account of the death of another individual. An individual may also 
receive an annuity under part 843 of this chapter and compensation for 
injury or disability to himself or herself under such subchapter I 
covering the same period of time.
    (c) An individual who elects to receive compensation payments under 
paragraph (a) of this section and who has not received a refund of 
contributions under Sec. 843.202 retains the right to elect to receive 
an annuity under part 842 or 844, as the case may be, in the

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event that the individual's compensation payments cease or are reduced.