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2-0800 DEVELOPMENT OF CLAIMS<br />

TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

Paragraph and Subject Date Trans. No.<br />

Table <strong>of</strong> Contents 01/04 04-01<br />

1. Purpose and Scope 04/93 93-21<br />

2. Definitions 04/93 93-21<br />

3. Responsibilities 04/93 93-21<br />

4. Forms 01/03 03-03<br />

5. Processing Claims 01/04 04-01<br />

6. Evidence 01/04 04-01<br />

7. Obtaining Evidence from Employing<br />

Agencies 04/93 93-21<br />

8. Special Situations 01/04 04-01<br />

9. Phrasing Questions 01/04 04-01<br />

10. Investigation 04/93 93-21<br />

11. Obtaining Information by Telephone 01/04 04/01<br />

12. Conferencing 10/95 96-01<br />

13. Affirmative Defense 10/95 96-01<br />

14. Reopened Short-Form Closure Cases 01/04 04-01<br />

Exhibit<br />

1. Sample <strong>Letter</strong> to Claimant or Survivor 01/04 04-01<br />

Approving Withdrawn Claim<br />

2-0800-1 Purpose and Scope<br />

1. Purpose and Scope. This chapter describes the fundamentals <strong>of</strong> claims development. Along with<br />

<strong>FECA</strong> PM Chapters 2-801 through 2-805, it covers the factors which all claims have in common. Claims<br />

for occupational disease are discussed in <strong>FECA</strong> PM 2-806, while additional material about death claims is<br />

covered in <strong>FECA</strong> PM 2-700. The development <strong>of</strong> special act claims, in which entitlement is based on<br />

legislation extending <strong>FECA</strong> benefits to such groups as Peace Corps and VISTA volunteers, is described in<br />

<strong>FECA</strong> PM 2-1700.<br />

<strong>FECA</strong>-<strong>PT2</strong> Printed: 06/08/2010 122

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