---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.205"
title: "20"
number: "10.205"
heading: "What conditions must be met to receive COP?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.205"
---

# §10.205. What conditions must be met to receive COP?

- (a) **To be eligible for COP, a person must—**
  - (1) Have a “traumatic injury” as defined at [§ 10.5(ee)](/cfr/20/10.5.md?p=ee) which is job-related and the cause of the disability, and/or the cause of lost time due to the need for medical examination and treatment;
  - (2) File Form CA-1 within 30 days of the date of the injury (but if that form is not available, using another form would not alone preclude receipt); and
  - (3) **Begin losing time from work due to the traumatic injury within 45 days of the injury.**
- (b) OWCP may find that the employee is not entitled to COP for other reasons consistent with the statute (see [§ 10.220](/cfr/20/10.220.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.