Can an Agency review cases for the purpose Return to Work Monitoring?
It is not appropriate to review a case on the periodic roll just because it may have job offer potential at some unknown future date. It is appropriate if you have some reason to believe that the claimant may have been released to duty with some limitations. For example, it would be invalid to request review for “possible job offer, claimant on rolls for 5 years”. It would be valid to request review for “possible job offer, 6 months post surgery”. In the second instance there is some indication that something may have changed medically and ultimately may allow for a job offer. You may also monitor the employee’s medical care through requests to the employee, or his or her physician, within certain guidelines contained in the FECA’s regulations, specifically 20 CFR section 10.506. This section says, “The employer may monitor the employee’s medical progress and duty status by obtaining periodic medical reports. Form CA-17 is usually adequate for this purpose. To aid in returning an injur
