Printing - FECA-PT2 - National Association of Letter Carriers

previous employer.)
(1) The RN may recommend such referral at the end of RN services, and such a referral
may be desirable if the claimant has declined nursing services or has not cooperated with
the RN.
Also, the RS may identify a case for referral based on an ADP report and so notify the CE on
Form OWCP-3. The CE should concur unless there is a reason based on the medical
evidence for not doing so.
(2) For claimants who cannot work eight hours per day, the CE must attempt to
establish the claimant's ability to work a full day by one or more of the following: referral
for an Occupational Rehabilitation Program (ORP), monitoring the attending physician's
reports until the physician can release the claimant to work an eight-hour day, or second
opinion evaluation.
(3) An ORP is also appropriate when the specific work limitations are unknown. The CE
may refer the claimant to the RS for an ORP when:
(a) Intervention by the FN has ended but the claimant has moderate to severe
physical limitations or deconditioning, or has not had an assessment of physical
limitations, and has not returned to work; or
(b) A health care provider has recommended rehabilitation or an ORP, unless the
claimant has already returned to full-time regular duty.
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