HOW TO FILE AN OWCP CLAIM?
To initiate a claim you need to complete and submit either the CA-1, “Federal Employee’s Notice of Traumatic Injury and Claim for Continuation of Pay/Compensation” or the CA-2 “Notice of Occupational Disease and Claim for Compensation”. A traumatic injury is one that can be pinpointed to have occurred during one particular work shift – falling down the steps for example. If the injury or medical condition developed over two or more work shifts, it’s an occupational disease claim. Both the CA-1 and the CA-2 can be found at OWCP’s forms website: http://www.dol.gov/owcp/dfec/regs/compliance/forms.htm If you are submitting a CA-2, you also need to complete the appropriate CA-35 “Evidence Required in Support of a Claim for Occupational Disease” form/checklist. There are several of these detailing the different sorts of documentation to be submitted depending on the type of occupational disease. They are all included in one document at the aforementioned site. If you are still employed by th
