---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 30.806"
title: "20"
number: "30.806"
heading: "What kind of medical evidence must the claimant submit to prove that he or she lost wages due to a covered illness?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/30.806"
---

# §30.806. What kind of medical evidence must the claimant submit to prove that he or she lost wages due to a covered illness?


OWCP requires the submission of rationalized medical evidence of sufficient probative value to convince the fact-finder that the covered Part E employee experienced a loss in wages in his or her trigger month due to a covered illness, i.e., medical evidence based on a physician's fully explained and reasoned decision (see [§ 30.805(a)(3)](/cfr/20/30.805.md?p=a-3)). A loss in wages in the trigger month due solely to non-covered illness matters, such as a reduction in force or voluntary retirement, is not proof of compensable wage-loss under Part E.


## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 3059, Feb. 8, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; 42 U.S.C. 7384d, 7384t, 7384u and 7385s-10; Executive Order 13179, 65 FR 77487, 3 CFR, 2000 Comp., p. 321; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 78534, Dec. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[84 FR 3059, Feb. 8, 2019]