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It explains timing for Postal Service submission to OWCP, rules for retired applicants, and how schedule awards interact with other FECA benefits. 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For active carriers, complete the employee portion of the CA-7, check “schedule award,” and submit it to the Postal Service.","Answer",{"name":105,"@type":100,"acceptedAnswer":106},"How long does the Postal Service have to submit the CA-7 to OWCP?",{"text":107,"@type":103},"The Postal Service has 5 working days to submit the CA-7 to OWCP.",{"name":109,"@type":100,"acceptedAnswer":110},"How are schedule awards paid, and what determines the number of weeks?",{"text":111,"@type":103},"Schedule awards are paid for a set number of weeks calculated by multiplying the percentage of impairment of a body part by the number of weeks listed in the FECA schedule for that body part.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":78,"og:type":114,"og:title":59,"og:site_name":86,"og:description":61},"article",{"robots":116,"canonical":78},"index,follow",{"doc_id":118,"site_id":56},563951,1791839504,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":121},{"doc_id":118,"user_id":122,"nickname":83,"user_avatar":123,"doc_module":9,"category_id":35,"category_name":36,"doc_title":59,"doc_description":61,"doc_content":124,"file_id":125,"file_url":126,"file_type":127,"file_size":128,"view_count":4,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":9,"is_downloadable":9,"audit_status":9,"page_count":76,"language":129,"language_code":57,"site_id":56,"html_lang":57,"table_of_contents":130,"faqs":131,"seo_title":132,"seo_description":61,"update_tm":119,"read_time":9},1099514067438,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/100002539ee87300030?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1780474512215547542","Submitting the Schedule Award Request  \nWhen you receive the medical report, send it to OWCP with a cover letter requesting a schedule award. Active letter carriers must complete the employee portion of the CA-7, check \"schedule award,\" and submit it to the Postal Service. Request a completed copy of the CA-7 from the Postal Service. The Postal Service has 5 working days to submit the CA-7 to OWCP.  \nIf you are retired and applying for a schedule award, federal regulations allow an application tobe submitted with a cover letter requesting the schedule award as long as there was a previous CA-7 filed.  \nSchedule awards are payable concurrent with wages or retirement benefits.  \nSchedule awards are generally not payable concurrent with OWCP wage-loss compensation benefits. However, if an employee has a job-related injury that causes impairment in one body part (that entitles him or her to a schedule award) and at the same time has a different job related injury to a different body-part that is disabling, both wage-loss compensation and a schedule award may be paid concurrently.  \nSchedule awards paid by OWCP do not constitute a settlement or final payout.  \nReceiving a schedule award does not end the right to continue receiving other OWCP benefits, such as payment for medical bills, reimbursement of transportation expenses for travel to medical appointments, wage-loss compensation benefits, etc.  \nSchedule Awards and Social Security Disability  \nThere is also an important, and dangerous, limitation that arises when employees are entitled to Social Security disability benefits. Employees covered under the Federal Employees’Retirement System (FERS) are required to apply for Social Security disability benefits in order to obtain FERS disability retirement. Social Security regulations provide for dollar-for-dollar offset of Social Security disability benefits if an employee receives workers’ compensation disability benefits.  \nSocial Security considers OWCP Schedule Awards as disability benefits, and will deduct the full amount from any Social Security disability benefits due. Moreover, Social Security will report the full amount of the deduction to the IRS as taxable income, even though it never was paid to the injured worker.  \nAs a result, NALC members covered by FERS who may be entitled to a schedule award and concurrently entitled to disability retirement should seek advice from their branch OWCP specialist or National Business Agent’s office.  \nSchedule awards and VA disability ratings  \nUnder FECA, an injured letter carrier whose claim is accepted is entitled to medical benefits and wage loss compensation. For letter carriers with DVA disability ratings, applying for some FECA benefits may require an election between the DVA benefits and FECA benefits.  \nAn injured worker with a DVA disability rating for the same injury will often receive more from an increase of their DVA disability rating than from a schedule award. Injured workers with DVA disability ratings should contact their National Business Agent’s office for guidance.  \nMethod of Payment  \nSchedule awards are paid for a certain number of weeks, calculated by multiplying the percentage of impairment of a body part (determined by the rating physician) times the number of weeks set out in the schedule in the FECA for that body part. Each week of the schedule award is paid at the employee’s compensation rate, which is weekly salary times 2/3 or 3/4, depending on whether the employee is single with no dependents (2/3) or married or otherwise has one or more dependents (3/4) .  \n5 USC 8107 provides for compensation to the following list of scheduled members:  \n\n| Member | Weeks |\n| --- | --- |\n| Arm | 312 |\n| Leg | 288 |\n| Hand | 244 |\n| Foot | 205 |\n| Eye | 160 |\n| Thumb | 75 |\n| First Finger Lost | 46 |\n| Great Toe | 38 |\n| Second Finger | 30 |\n| Third finger | 25 |\n| Toe other than great toe | 16 |\n| Fourth Finger | 15 |\n| Hearing, one ear | 52 |\n| Hearing, both ears |","cbCailqIm7tD0LSo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailqIm7tD0LSo","pdf",131140,"English","# Submitting the request\n## Actions after receiving the medical report\n## Retired applicant considerations\n## Payment rules and concurrency with other benefits\n# Coordination and limitations\n## Social Security disability offset and tax treatment\n## VA disability ratings and FECA benefit elections\n# Method of payment\n## How weeks and compensation rates are calculated\n## FECA schedule of weeks by body part","[{\"question\":\"What should an employee do after receiving the medical report to request a schedule award?\",\"answer\":\"Send the medical report to OWCP with a cover letter requesting a schedule award. For active carriers, complete the employee portion of the CA-7, check “schedule award,” and submit it to the Postal Service.\"},{\"question\":\"How long does the Postal Service have to submit the CA-7 to OWCP?\",\"answer\":\"The Postal Service has 5 working days to submit the CA-7 to OWCP.\"},{\"question\":\"How are schedule awards paid, and what determines the number of weeks?\",\"answer\":\"Schedule awards are paid for a set number of weeks calculated by multiplying the percentage of impairment of a body part by the number of weeks listed in the FECA schedule for that body part.\"}]","Submitting the Schedule Award Request - Guidance | PDF"]