---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.737"
title: "20"
number: "10.737"
heading: "How is a LEO claim filed, and who can file a LEO claim?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.737"
---

# §10.737. How is a LEO claim filed, and who can file a LEO claim?


A claim for injury or occupational disease should be filed on Form CA-721; a death claim should be filed on Form CA-722. All claims should be submitted to the officer's employer for completion and forwarding to OWCP. A claim may be filed by the officer, the officer's survivor, or any person or association authorized to act on behalf of an officer or an officer's survivors.


## 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.