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. Monitoring the Claim.<br />

(1) If Form CA-7 has not been received, the CE should place a call-up (code T) for the<br />

45th day <strong>of</strong> COP at the time <strong>of</strong> acceptance where COP is being paid and disability will likely<br />

extend beyond the COP period. When the call-up expires, the CE should contact the agency<br />

to determine whether the claimant has returned to work and to request submission <strong>of</strong> the<br />

claim for compensation.<br />

(2) Whether or not a Form CA-7 is on file, the CE is expected to use the authority<br />

provided by the <strong>FECA</strong> to approve a 15-day payment if disability for the period is supported<br />

and wage loss is verified by the agency. The CE should call the agency to obtain or verify<br />

the information needed to approve payment, requesting written confirmation <strong>of</strong> information<br />

provided verbally. The employee and agency should be advised that further payment<br />

requires a formal claim and appropriate supporting evidence.<br />

c. Medical Evidence. Absent information that the claimant has returned to duty, the CE may<br />

authorize the payment <strong>of</strong> compensation for wage loss based on medical evidence <strong>of</strong> injury-related<br />

disability for the period claimed or the period for which compensation is being authorized.<br />

(1) Medical evidence may take the form <strong>of</strong>:<br />

(a) Form CA-16, Form CA-20 or Form CA-17 with a period <strong>of</strong> disability indicated.<br />

(b) Medical notes from the attending physician indicating that the claimant is not<br />

to work until the next scheduled <strong>of</strong>fice visit, at which time he/she will be<br />

reevaluated.<br />

(c) Hospital records indicating disability for the period in question.<br />

(d) A current narrative medical report indicating disability for the period in<br />

question or projecting disability through the period claimed.<br />

(2) Payment should not be authorized if the attending physician states that the<br />

employee can return to duty, but the employee does not return, makes an unauthorized<br />

change in physicians, and subsequently submits medical evidence <strong>of</strong> disability from the<br />

second physician.<br />

<strong>FECA</strong>-<strong>PT2</strong> Printed: 06/08/2010 293

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