---
kind: "unit"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Employees' Benefits"
key: "chI/subchB/part10/subpartG"
level: "subpart"
label: "Subpart G"
heading: "Appeals Process"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/chI-subchB-part10-subpartG"
sections_count: 17
---

# Subpart G — Appeals Process

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

- [§10.600. How can final decisions of OWCP be reviewed?](/cfr/20/10.600.md)
- [§10.605. What is reconsideration?](/cfr/20/10.605.md)
- [§10.606. How does a claimant request reconsideration?](/cfr/20/10.606.md)
- [§10.607. What is the time limit for requesting reconsideration?](/cfr/20/10.607.md)
- [§10.608. How does OWCP decide whether to grant or deny the request for reconsideration?](/cfr/20/10.608.md)
- [§10.609. How does OWCP decide whether new evidence requires modification of the prior decision?](/cfr/20/10.609.md)
- [§10.610. What is a review by the Director?](/cfr/20/10.610.md)
- [§10.615. What is a hearing?](/cfr/20/10.615.md)
- [§10.616. How does a claimant obtain a hearing?](/cfr/20/10.616.md)
- [§10.617. How is an oral hearing conducted?](/cfr/20/10.617.md)
- [§10.618. How is a review of the written record conducted?](/cfr/20/10.618.md)
- [§10.619. May subpoenas be issued for witnesses and documents?](/cfr/20/10.619.md)
- [§10.620. Who pays the costs associated with subpoenas?](/cfr/20/10.620.md)
- [§10.621. What is the employer's role when an oral hearing has been requested?](/cfr/20/10.621.md)
- [§10.622. May a claimant or representative withdraw a request for or postpone a hearing?](/cfr/20/10.622.md)
- [§10.625. What kinds of decisions may be appealed?](/cfr/20/10.625.md)
- [§10.626. Who has jurisdiction of cases on appeal to the ECAB?](/cfr/20/10.626.md)