---
kind: "unit"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Employees' Benefits"
key: "chI/subchB/part10/subpartE"
level: "subpart"
label: "Subpart E"
heading: "Compensation and Related Benefits"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/chI-subchB-part10-subpartE"
sections_count: 33
---

# Subpart E — Compensation and Related Benefits

Title 20 C.F.R. — Employees' Benefits › Chapter I — Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor › Subchapter B — Federal Employees' Compensation Act › Part 10 — Claims for Compensation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as Amended

## Sections

- [§10.400. What is total disability?](/cfr/20/10.400.md)
- [§10.401. When and how is compensation for total disability paid?](/cfr/20/10.401.md)
- [§10.402. What is partial disability?](/cfr/20/10.402.md)
- [§10.403. When and how is compensation for partial disability paid?](/cfr/20/10.403.md)
- [§10.404. When and how is compensation for a schedule impairment paid?](/cfr/20/10.404.md)
- [§10.405. Who is considered a dependent in a claim based on disability or impairment?](/cfr/20/10.405.md)
- [§10.406. What are the maximum and minimum rates of compensation in disability cases?](/cfr/20/10.406.md)
- [§10.410. Who is entitled to compensation in case of death, and what are the rates of compensation payable in death cases?](/cfr/20/10.410.md)
- [§10.411. What are the maximum and minimum rates of compensation in death cases?](/cfr/20/10.411.md)
- [§10.412. Will OWCP pay the costs of burial and transportation of the remains?](/cfr/20/10.412.md)
- [§10.413. May a schedule award be paid after an employee's death?](/cfr/20/10.413.md)
- [§10.414. What reports of dependents are needed in death cases?](/cfr/20/10.414.md)
- [§10.415. What must a beneficiary do if the number of beneficiaries decreases?](/cfr/20/10.415.md)
- [§10.416. How does a change in the number of beneficiaries affect the amount of compensation paid to the other beneficiaries?](/cfr/20/10.416.md)
- [§10.417. What reports are needed when compensation payments continue for children over age 18?](/cfr/20/10.417.md)
- [§10.420. How are cost-of-living adjustments applied?](/cfr/20/10.420.md)
- [§10.421. May a beneficiary receive other kinds of payments from the Federal Government concurrently with compensation?](/cfr/20/10.421.md)
- [§10.422. May compensation payments be issued in a lump sum?](/cfr/20/10.422.md)
- [§10.423. May compensation payments be assigned to, or attached by, creditors?](/cfr/20/10.423.md)
- [§10.424. May someone other than the beneficiary be designated to receive compensation payments?](/cfr/20/10.424.md)
- [§10.425. May compensation be claimed for periods of restorable leave?](/cfr/20/10.425.md)
- [§10.430. How does OWCP notify an individual of a payment made?](/cfr/20/10.430.md)
- [§10.431. What does OWCP do when an overpayment is identified?](/cfr/20/10.431.md)
- [§10.432. How can an individual present evidence to OWCP in response to a preliminary notice of an overpayment?](/cfr/20/10.432.md)
- [§10.433. Under what circumstances can OWCP waive recovery of an overpayment?](/cfr/20/10.433.md)
- [§10.434. If OWCP finds that the recipient of an overpayment was not at fault, what criteria are used to decide whether to waive recovery of it?](/cfr/20/10.434.md)
- [§10.435. Is an individual responsible for an overpayment that resulted from an error made by OWCP or another Government agency?](/cfr/20/10.435.md)
- [§10.436. Under what circumstances would recovery of an overpayment defeat the purpose of the FECA?](/cfr/20/10.436.md)
- [§10.437. Under what circumstances would recovery of an overpayment be against equity and good conscience?](/cfr/20/10.437.md)
- [§10.438. Can OWCP require the individual who received the overpayment to submit additional financial information?](/cfr/20/10.438.md)
- [§10.439. What is addressed at a pre-recoupment hearing?](/cfr/20/10.439.md)
- [§10.440. How does OWCP communicate its final decision concerning recovery of an overpayment, and what appeal right accompanies it?](/cfr/20/10.440.md)
- [§10.441. How are overpayments collected?](/cfr/20/10.441.md)