[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: 20CFR25.100]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                      CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS'

                         COMPENSATION PROGRAMS,

                           DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 25_Compensation for Disability and Death of Noncitizen Federal 

Employees Outside the United States--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart B_The Special Schedule of Compensation

 

Sec.  25.100  How is compensation for disability paid?





    Compensation for disability shall be paid to the employee as 

follows:

    (a) Permanent total disability. In cases of permanent total 

disability, 66\2/3\ percent of the monthly pay during the period of such 

disability.

    (b) Temporary total disability. In cases of temporary total 

disability, 66\2/3\ percent of the monthly pay during the period of such 

disability.

    (c) Permanent partial disability. In cases of permanent partial 

disability, 66\2/3\ percent of the monthly pay, for the following losses 

and periods:

    (1) Arm lost: 280 weeks' compensation.

    (2) Leg lost: 248 weeks' compensation.

    (3) Hand lost: 212 weeks' compensation.

    (4) Foot lost: 173 weeks' compensation.

    (5) Eye lost: 140 weeks' compensation.

    (6) Thumb lost: 51 weeks' compensation.

    (7) First finger lost: 28 weeks' compensation.



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    (8) Great toe lost: 26 weeks' compensation.

    (9) Second finger lost: 18 weeks' compensation.

    (10) Third finger lost: 17 weeks' compensation.

    (11) Toe, other than great toe, lost: 8 weeks' compensation.

    (12) Fourth finger lost: 7 weeks' compensation.

    (13) Loss of hearing: One ear, 52 weeks' compensation; both ears, 

200 weeks' compensation.

    (14) Phalanges: Compensation for loss of more than one phalanx of a 

digit shall be the same as for the loss of the entire digit. 

Compensation for loss of the first phalanx shall be one-half of the 

compensation for the loss of the entire digit.

    (15) Amputated arm or leg: Compensation for an arm or a leg, if 

amputated at or above the elbow or the knee, shall be the same as for 

the loss of the arm or leg; but, if amputated between the elbow and the 

wrist, or between the knee and the ankle, the compensation shall be the 

same as for the loss of the hand or the foot.

    (16) Binocular vision or percent of vision: Compensation for loss of 

binocular vision, or for 80 percent or more of the vision of an eye 

shall be the same as for the loss of the eye.

    (17) Two or more digits: Compensation for loss of two or more 

digits, one or more phalanges of two or more digits of a hand or foot 

may be proportioned to the loss of use of the hand or foot occasioned 

thereby, but shall not exceed the compensation for the loss of a hand or 

a foot.

    (18) Total loss of use: Compensation for a permanent total loss of 

use of a member shall be the same as for loss of the member.

    (19) Partial loss or partial loss of use: Compensation for permanent 

partial loss or loss of use of a member may be for proportionate loss of 

use of the member.

    (20) Consecutive awards: In any case in which there shall be a loss 

or loss of use of more than one member or parts of more than one member 

set forth in paragraphs (c) (1) through (19) of this section, but not 

amounting to permanent total disability, the award of compensation shall 

be for the loss or loss of use of each such member or part thereof, 

which awards shall run consecutively, except that where the injury 

affects only two or more digits of the same hand or foot, paragraph 

(c)(17) of this section shall apply.

    (21) Other cases: In all other cases within this class of disability 

the compensation during the continuance of disability shall be that 

proportion of compensation for permanent total disability, as determined 

under paragraph (a) of this section, which is equal in percentage to the 

degree or percentage of physical impairment caused by the disability.

    (22) Compensation under paragraphs (c) (1) through (21) of this 

section for permanent partial disability shall be in addition to any 

compensation for temporary total or temporary partial disability under 

this section, and awards for temporary total, temporary partial, and 

permanent partial disability shall run consecutively.

    (d) Temporary partial disability. In cases of temporary partial 

disability, during the period of disability, that proportion of 

compensation for temporary total disability, as determined under 

paragraph (b) of this section, which is equal in percentage to the 

degree or percentage of physical impairment caused by the disability.