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2-0801 TIME<br />

TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

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

1. Purpose and Scope 03/93 93-18<br />

2. "Time" is the First Requirement Considered 03/93 93-18<br />

3. Statutory Filing Requirements 03/93 93-18<br />

4. Determining Date Claim is Filed 03/93 93-18<br />

5. Traumatic Injury Claims 03/93 93-18<br />

6. Occupational Disease and Latent Injury Claims 03/93 93-18<br />

7. Death Claims 03/93 93-18<br />

8. Special Circumstances 03/93 93-18<br />

9. Further Development 03/93 93-18<br />

2-0801-1 Purpose and Scope<br />

1. Purpose and Scope. This subchapter presents policies and procedures for determining if a report <strong>of</strong><br />

injury or claim for benefits under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (<strong>FECA</strong>) is timely filed under<br />

the provisions <strong>of</strong> the Act. (Consult the <strong>FECA</strong> PM Index under "Time" for reference to Program<br />

Memorandums on several complex time issues.)<br />

2-0801-2 "Time" is the First Requirement Considered<br />

2. "Time" is the First Requirement Considered. All cases must first satisfy the statutory time<br />

requirements <strong>of</strong> the <strong>FECA</strong>. The Claims Examiner (CE) must therefore determine whether timely notice <strong>of</strong><br />

injury and claim for compensation have been given and filed in all primary cases. To determine whether<br />

there has been compliance with the time requirements in any case, it must be decided what requirements<br />

govern that case.<br />

2-0801-3 Statutory Filing Requirements<br />

3. Statutory Filing Requirements. This paragraph discusses the provisions <strong>of</strong> the <strong>FECA</strong> which apply to<br />

timeliness <strong>of</strong> filing. The date <strong>of</strong> injury governs which time limitation provisions apply in a case. The date<br />

<strong>of</strong> injury is the date that a traumatic injury occurs, the date <strong>of</strong> death, or the date <strong>of</strong> last injurious<br />

exposure in the case <strong>of</strong> occupational disease.<br />

a. Injuries and Deaths on or After September 7, 1974.<br />

(1) Written notice <strong>of</strong> injury or death must be filed within 30 days after the occurrence <strong>of</strong><br />

the injury or death,<br />

under 5 U.S.C. 8119.<br />

The Office <strong>of</strong> Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) should accept as a notice <strong>of</strong> injury<br />

<strong>FECA</strong>-<strong>PT2</strong> Printed: 06/08/2010 137

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