[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR71.2]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 71_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 71.2  Computation of benefits.

    (a) For the purpose of determining the benefits under this 
subchapter, the average weekly wage of any such civilian American 
citizen, whether employed, self-employed, or not employed, shall be 
deemed to have been $37.50. The provisions of this subchapter are 
applicable and benefits are payable whether or not such civilian 
American citizen was employed. Monthly compensation in cases involving 
partial disability shall be determined by the percentage which the 
degree of partial disability bears to total disability, and shall not be 
determined with respect to the extent of loss of wage-earning capacity.
    (b) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of part 61 of this 
chapter, total maximum aggregate compensation for disability payable 
under this subchapter is limited to $7,500 in case of injury and $7,500 
in case of death, such sum being exclusive of medical costs and funeral 
and burial expenses.