Procedure Manual

Division of Federal Employees' Compensation (DFEC)

FECA Part 2

Part 2 of the Procedure Manual has been divided into the groups outlined below to make it easier for you to search and find the information you are looking for. Click on one of the links below to link directly to that group of chapters. You can then search just within that group for the desired information.

Group 1 – Adjudication of Claims
Chapter	Subject
2-0700	Death Claims
2-0800	Initial Development of Claims
2-0801	Time
2-0802	Civil Employee
2-0803	Fact of Injury
2-0804	Performance of Duty
2-0805	Causal Relationship
2-0806	Initial Acceptances
2-1401	Initial Denials

Group 2 – Payment of Compensation and Schedule Awards
Chapter	Subject
2-0807	Continuation of Pay and Initial Payments
2-0808	Schedule Awards and Permanent Disability Claims
2-0900	Determining Pay Rates
2-0901	Compensation Claims
2-1000	Dual Benefits
2-1300	Lump Sum Payments

Group 3 – Case/Disability Management
Chapter	Subject
2-0600	Disability Management
2-0601	Disability Management Tracking
2-0809	Statements of Accepted Facts
2-0810	Developing and Evaluating Medical Evidence
2-0811	Nurse Case Management
2-0812	Periodic Review of Disability Claims
2-0813	Vocational Rehabilitation Services
2-0814	Job Offers and Return to Work
2-0815	Determining Wage-Earning Capacity Based on Actual Earnings
2-0816	Determining Wage-Earning Capacity Based on a Constructed Position
2-1400	Disallowances
2-1402	Forfeiture
2-1500	Recurrences
2-1501	Modification of Loss of Wage Earning Capacity Decisions

Group 4 – Appeals
Chapter	Subject
2-1600	Review Process
2-1601	Hearings and Reviews of the Written Record
2-1602	Reconsiderations
2-1603	Appeals

Group 5 – Other
Chapter	Subject
2-0100	Introduction
2-0200	General Provisions of the Federal Employees Compensation Act
2-0300	Communications
2-0400	File Maintenance and Management
2-0401	Automated System Support for Case Actions
2-0402	Security and Prevention of Fraud and Abuse
2-0500	Conferences
2-1100	Feca Third Party Subrogation Guidelines
2-1200	Representatives' Services
2-1700	Special Act Cases
2-1701	Peace Corps Cases
2-1800	Housing and Vehicle Modifications