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

# Subpart J — Death Gratuity

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

- [§10.900. What is the death gratuity under this subpart?](/cfr/20/10.900.md)
- [§10.901. Which employees are covered under this subpart?](/cfr/20/10.901.md)
- [§10.902. Does every employee's death due to injuries incurred in connection with his or her service with an Armed Force in a contingency operation qualify for the death gratuity?](/cfr/20/10.902.md)
- [§10.903. Is the death gratuity payment applicable retroactively?](/cfr/20/10.903.md)
- [§10.904. Does a death as a result of occupational disease qualify for payment of the death gratuity?](/cfr/20/10.904.md)
- [§10.905. If an employee incurs a covered injury in connection with his or her service with an Armed Force in a contingency operation but does not die of the injury until years later, does the death qualify for payment of the death gratuity?](/cfr/20/10.905.md)
- [§10.906. What special statutory definitions apply to survivors under this subpart?](/cfr/20/10.906.md)
- [§10.907. What order of precedence will OWCP use to determine which survivors are entitled to receive the death gratuity payment under this subpart?](/cfr/20/10.907.md)
- [§10.908. Can an employee designate alternate beneficiaries to receive a portion of the death gratuity payment?](/cfr/20/10.908.md)
- [§10.909. How does an employee designate a variation in the order or percentage of gratuity payable to survivors and how does the employee designate alternate beneficiaries?](/cfr/20/10.909.md)
- [§10.910. What if a person entitled to a portion of the death gratuity payment dies after the death of the covered employee but before receiving his or her portion of the death gratuity?](/cfr/20/10.910.md)
- [§10.911. How is the death gratuity payment process initiated?](/cfr/20/10.911.md)
- [§10.912. What is required to establish a claim for the death gratuity payment?](/cfr/20/10.912.md)
- [§10.913. In what situations will OWCP consider that an employee incurred injury in connection with his or her service with an Armed Force in a contingency operation?](/cfr/20/10.913.md)
- [§10.914. What are the responsibilities of the employing agency in the death gratuity payment process?](/cfr/20/10.914.md)
- [§10.915. What are the responsibilities of OWCP in the death gratuity payment process?](/cfr/20/10.915.md)
- [§10.916. How is the amount of the death gratuity calculated?](/cfr/20/10.916.md)