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[CITE: 5USC8105]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
               CHAPTER 81--COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 8105. Total disability

    (a) If the disability is total, the United States shall pay the 
employee during the disability monthly monetary compensation equal to 
66\2/3\ percent of his monthly pay, which is known as his basic 
compensation for total disability.
    (b) The loss of use of both hands, both arms, both feet, or both 
legs, or the loss of sight of both eyes, is prima facie permanent total 
disability.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 535.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 753.                 Sept. 7, 1916, ch.
                                                    458, Sec.  3, 39
                                                    Stat. 743.
                     ............................  Oct. 14, 1949, ch.
                                                    691, Sec.  102, 63
                                                    Stat. 855.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``Except as otherwise provided in 
sections 751-756, 757-781, 783-791, and 793 of this title'' are omitted 
as surplusage.
    In subsection (b), the words ``Loss, or'' are omitted as included in 
``loss of use of''. The words ``or the loss of sight of both eyes'' are 
substituted for ``or both eyes or the sight thereof''.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 8104, 8107, 8110 of this 
title.
