---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.103"
title: "20"
number: "10.103"
heading: "How and when is a claim for permanent impairment filed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.103"
---

# §10.103. How and when is a claim for permanent impairment filed?


Form CA-7 is used to claim compensation for impairment to a body part covered under the schedule established by [5 U.S.C. 8107](/usc/5/8107.md). All such notices should be submitted electronically wherever feasible to facilitate processing of such claims. All employers that currently do not have such capability should create such a method by December 31, 2012. If Form CA-7 has already been filed to claim disability compensation, an employee may file a claim for such impairment by sending a letter to OWCP which specifies the nature of the benefit claimed. OWCP may create a form specifically for schedule award claims; if that form is created, only that form may be used to file a claim under [5 U.S.C. 8107](/usc/5/8107.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 8102a, 8103, 8145 and 8149; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 37903, June 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted.