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[CITE: 5USC8107]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
               CHAPTER 81--COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 8107. Compensation schedule

    (a) If there is permanent disability involving the loss, or loss of 
use, of a member or function of the body or involving disfigurement, the 
employee is entitled to basic compensation for the disability, as 
provided by the schedule in subsection (c) of this section, at the rate 
of 66\2/3\ percent of his monthly pay. The basic compensation is--
        (1) payable regardless of whether the cause of the disability 
    originates in a part of the body other than that member;
        (2) payable regardless of whether the disability also involves 
    another impairment of the body; and
        (3) in addition to compensation for temporary total or temporary 
    partial disability.

    (b) With respect to any period after payments under subsection (a) 
of this section have ended, an employee is entitled to compensation as 
provided by--
        (1) section 8105 of this title if the disability is total; or
        (2) section 8106 of this title if the disability is partial.

    (c) The compensation schedule is as follows:
        (1) Arm lost, 312 weeks' compensation.
        (2) Leg lost, 288 weeks' compensation.
        (3) Hand lost, 244 weeks' compensation.
        (4) Foot lost, 205 weeks' compensation.
        (5) Eye lost, 160 weeks' compensation.
        (6) Thumb lost, 75 weeks' compensation.
        (7) First finger lost, 46 weeks' compensation.
        (8) Great toe lost, 38 weeks' compensation.
        (9) Second finger lost, 30 weeks' compensation.
        (10) Third finger lost, 25 weeks' compensation.
        (11) Toe other than great toe lost, 16 weeks' compensation.
        (12) Fourth finger lost, 15 weeks' compensation.
        (13) Loss of hearing--
            (A) complete loss of hearing of one ear, 52 weeks' 
        compensation; or
            (B) complete loss of hearing of both ears, 200 weeks' 
        compensation.

        (14) Compensation for loss of binocular vision or for loss of 80 
    percent or more of the vision of an eye is the same as for loss of 
    the eye.
        (15) Compensation for loss of more than one phalanx of a digit 
    is the same as for loss of the entire digit. Compensation for loss 
    of the first phalanx is one-half of the compensation for loss of the 
    entire digit.
        (16) If, in the case of an arm or a leg, the member is amputated 
    above the wrist or ankle, compensation is the same as for loss of 
    the arm or leg, respectively.
        (17) Compensation for loss of use of two or more digits, or one 
    or more phalanges of each of two or more digits, of a hand or foot, 
    is proportioned to the loss of use of the hand or foot occasioned 
    thereby.
        (18) Compensation for permanent total loss of use of a member is 
    the same as for loss of the member.
        (19) Compensation for permanent partial loss of use of a member 
    may be for proportionate loss of use of the member. The degree of 
    loss of vision or hearing under this schedule is determined without 
    regard to correction.
        (20) In case of loss of use of more than one member or parts of 
    more than one member as enumerated by this schedule, the 
    compensation is for loss of use of each member or part thereof, and 
    the awards run consecutively. However, when the injury affects only 
    two or more digits of the same hand or foot, paragraph (17) of this 
    subsection applies, and when partial bilateral loss of hearing is 
    involved, compensation is computed on the loss as affecting both 
    ears.
        (21) For serious disfigurement of the face, head, or neck of a 
    character likely to handicap an individual in securing or 
    maintaining employment, proper and equitable compensation not to 
    exceed $3,500 shall be awarded in addition to any other compensation 
    payable under this schedule.
        (22) For permanent loss or loss of use of any other important 
    external or internal organ of the body as determined by the 
    Secretary, proper and equitable compensation not to exceed 312 
    weeks' compensation for each organ so determined shall be paid in 
    addition to any other compensation payable under this schedule.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 90-83, Sec. 1(50), 
Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 210; Pub. L. 93-416, Secs. 4, 5, Sept. 7, 1974, 
88 Stat. 1144, 1145.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
                                1966 Act
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 755(a), (b).         Sept. 7, 1916, ch.
                                                    458, Sec.  5, 39
                                                    Stat. 743.
                     ............................  Oct. 14, 1949, ch.
                                                    691, Sec.  104
                                                    ``Sec. 5(a), (b)'',
                                                    63 Stat. 855.
                     ............................  Sept. 13, 1960, Pub.
                                                    L. 86-767, Sec.
                                                    201, 74 Stat. 907.
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    The words ``loss, or'' are omitted throughout this section as 
included in ``loss of use of''.
    In subsection (a)(B), the words ``under sections 751-754 of this 
title'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (b)(1), the words ``(including paragraphs (16) and 
(20) thereof)'' are omitted as surplusage.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                                1967 Act
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                                                    Source (Statutes at
 Section of title 5        Source (U.S.Code)               Large)
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8107(a), (b).        5 App.: 755(a), (b).          July 4, 1966, Pub. L.
                                                    89-488, Sec.  2(a),
                                                    (b), 80 Stat. 252.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``If there is'' are substituted for 
``In any case of''. The words ``loss, or'' are omitted as included in 
``loss of use of'' and to conform to the remainder of the section. The 
words ``the employee is entitled to basic compensation for the 
disability'' are substituted for ``basic compensation for such 
disability shall be payable to the disabled employee''. The words ``by 
the schedule in subsection (c) of this section'' are substituted for 
``in the following schedule'' to reflect the codification of the 
schedule in subsection (c). The words ``The schedule referred to in the 
first sentence is as follows:'' are omitted as unnecessary in view of 
the codification of that schedule in subsection (c).
    In subsection (b), the words ``an employee is entitled to 
compensation'' are substituted for ``compensation shall be paid'' for 
consistency with subsection (a). In subsections (b) (1) and (2), the 
words ``section 8105 of this title'' and ``section 8106 of this title'' 
are substituted for ``section 3'' and ``subsection (a) of section 4'', 
respectively, to reflect the codification of title 5.


                               Amendments

    1974--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-416, Sec. 4, substituted ``involving 
the loss, or loss of use'' for ``involving the loss of use''.
    Subsec. (c)(22). Pub. L. 93-416, Sec. 5, added par. (22).


                    Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-416 effective Sept. 7, 1974, and applicable 
to any injury or death occurring on or after such effective date, see 
section 28(a) of Pub. L. 93-416, set out as a note under section 8101 of 
this title.


                 Personnel Not Affected by 1967 Increase

    Increases authorized under amendment by Pub. L. 90-83 not applicable 
to specified personnel, see section 7 of Pub. L. 90-83, set out as a 
note under section 8103 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 8108, 8109, 8110, 8115, 
8116, 8337, 8464a of this title; title 18 section 1921; title 22 section 
4048; title 50 section 2051.
