[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR10.105]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 10_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT, 
 
        Subpart B_Filing Notices and Claims; Submitting Evidence
 
Sec.  10.105  How and when is a notice of death and claim for benefits filed?

    (a) If an employee dies from a work-related traumatic injury or an 
occupational disease, any survivor may file a claim for death benefits 
using Form CA-5 or CA-5b, which may be obtained from the employer or 
from the Internet at www.dol.gov./dol/esa/owcp.htm. The survivor must 
provide this notice in writing and forward it to the employer.

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Another person, including the employer, may do so on the survivor's 
behalf. The survivor may also submit the completed Form CA-5 or CA-5b 
directly to OWCP. The survivor shall disclose the SSNs of all survivors 
on whose behalf claim for benefits is made in addition to the SSN of the 
deceased employee. The survivor may withdraw his or her claim (but not 
the notice of death) by so requesting in writing to OWCP at any time 
before OWCP determines eligibility for benefits.
    (b) For deaths that occur on or after September 7, 1974, a notice of 
death must be filed within three years of the death. The form contains 
the necessary words of claim. The requirements for timely filing are 
described in Sec.  10.100(b)(1) through (3).
    (c) However, in cases of death due to latent disability, the time 
for filing the claim does not begin to run until the survivor is aware, 
or reasonably should have been aware, of the causal relationship between 
the death and the employment (see 5 U.S.C. 8122(b)).
    (d) The filing of a notice of injury or occupational disease will 
satisfy the time requirements for a death claim based on the same injury 
or occupational disease. If an injured employee or someone acting on the 
employee's behalf does not file a claim before the employee's death, the 
right to claim compensation for disability other than medical expenses 
ceases and does not survive.
    (e) A survivor must be alive to receive any payment; there is no 
vested right to such payment. A report as described in Sec.  10.414 of 
this part must be filed once each year to support continuing payments of 
compensation.

  Notices and Claims for Injury, Disease, and Death--Employer's Actions