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(a) the beneficiary's maintenance, including food, shelter, clothing, medical care,
and personal comfort items;
(b) institutional care, including expenses that will aid in recovery or release, and
for personal needs;
(c)
support of beneficiary's legal dependents;
(d) claims from creditors, only if the claimant's needs are met for the present and
the foreseeable future;
(e) funds not needed for (4)(a) through (4)(d) above, conserved or invested on
behalf of the beneficiary in non-speculative accounts, in accordance with rules
followed by trustees. Any profit from an investment is the property of the
beneficiary and not the payee.
(5) The services of the payee may be terminated when the payee has not used the funds
according to (4)(a) through (4)(e) above, or has not timely discharged other
responsibilities. Issues concerning misuse or questionable use of funds by a representative
payee should be referred to the National Office. By administrative determination, a
representative payee may be held responsible for repaying an overpayment.
2-0901-19 Reinstatement of Leave
19. Reinstatement of Leave. This paragraph discusses the steps required to reinstate leave. When an
employee elects to use sick or annual leave during the period of disability, he or she may later, with the
concurrence of the employing agency, claim compensation for the period of disability and "buy back" the
leave used (20 C.F.R. § 10.425). See Aberline Smith, Docket No. 96-1699 (issued June 4, 1998) (FECA
does not govern whether a claimant may or may not buy back leave from an employing establishment,
and any decision by the employing establishment to disallow leave buy back is not a decision of the OWCP
over which the ECAB may exercise jurisdiction). Form CA-7b is required as an attachment to Form CA-7 to
request Leave Buy Back (LBB). CA-7a is an optional form for use when leave is used intermittently.
a. Upon receipt of the agency certified LBB claim, (CA-7, 7a, 7b), the claim will be keyed into the
compensation management system. The CE will review the claim to ensure it is complete. If it is
incomplete or unsigned, the CE will return the claim for completion, and advise the claimant by
letter of what was missing.
b. The CE will first review the agency estimate of FECA entitlement on the CA-7b. If the estimate
of entitlement is less than 10% above the amount determined to be accurate by the CE, the CE
then reviews the medical documentation.
For example, let us assume that the agency has estimated FECA entitlement to be $1500 for 100
hours of leave used. The CE, using the correct pay rate and compensation rate, determines the
correct amount to be $1470 for those hours. Since the agency's estimate is less than 10% above
the correct amount, the CE will proceed to evaluate the evidence.
c. Where the claim is payable for all hours claimed, the CE will round the total number of hours
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