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Printing - FECA-PT2 - National Association of Letter Carriers

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the file. This process should mainly be used in cases closed for over two years that were<br />

accepted for minor conditions, and short-form closures over two years old.<br />

e. Doubling New Cases. When a new case is created, the CASE632 report, "Claimant New and<br />

Prior Injuries Report", is produced. This report identifies cases which already exist for the<br />

employee in question. Mail Room staff will forward any new case for which a CASE632 is<br />

produced, even if it is closed short-form, to the responsible CE.<br />

(1) The CE will examine the case (and the other cases listed on the report) and decide<br />

whether doubling is needed. If so, the CASE632 should be filed just above the CA-1 or<br />

CA-2.<br />

(2) The CE should send a request for case doubling to the designated reviewer, along<br />

with the cases. This request, which may be made by informal (handwritten) memo, should<br />

show the case file numbers, the master case file number, the reason for doubling, the CE's<br />

initials, and the date.<br />

(3) If the reviewer approves the doubling, he or she should send the cases to the Mail<br />

Room.<br />

f Doubling Established Cases. If the CE notes, while examining a case file, that other injuries<br />

may bear on the case at hand, he or she should request the other case file(s). If the cases meet<br />

one <strong>of</strong> the criteria noted in subparagraph a above, the CE should request that they be doubled as<br />

described in subparagraph e(2) above. The reviewer will send approved requests to the Mail<br />

Room.<br />

g. File Number. The master case file number is usually the oldest (by file number) case in the<br />

<strong>of</strong>fice. The CE responsible for the master case file is also responsible for subsidiary files. To avoid<br />

changes in CE assignments when a new claim is filed, any related case(s) received at a later date<br />

will be doubled into the existing master case file.<br />

h. Subsidiary Cases. These case are not necessarily inactive and may be in an open status. If<br />

a subsidiary case is open, it should also have appropriate call-ups in place.<br />

<strong>FECA</strong>-<strong>PT2</strong> Printed: 06/08/2010 21

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