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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

§ 8106. Partial disability (a) If the disability is partial, the United States shall pay the employee during the disability monthly monetary compensation equal to 66% percent of the difference between his monthly pay and his monthly wage-earning capacity after the beginning of the partial disability, which is known as his basic compensation for partial disability. (b) The Secretary of Labor may require a partially disabled employee to report his earnings from employment or self-employment, by affidavit or otherwise, in the manner and at the times the Secretary specifies. The employee shall include in the affidavit or report the value of housing, board, lodging, and other advantages which are part of his earnings in employment or self-employment and which can be estimated in money. An employee who— (1) fails to make an affidavit or report when required; or (2) knowingly omits or understates any part of his earnings; forfeits his right to compensation with respect to any period for which the affidavit or report was required. Compensation forfeited under this subsection, if already paid, shall be recovered by a deduction from the compensation payable to the employee or otherwise recovered under section 8129 of this title, unless recovery is waived under that section. (c) A partially disabled employee who— (1) refuses to seek suitable work; or (2) refuses or neglects to work after suitable work is offered to, procured by, or secured for him; is not entitled to compensation. § 8107. Compensation schedule (a) If there is a permanent disability involving— (1) solely the loss of use of a member or function of the body, Avhether or not the cause of the disability originates in a part of the body other than the member; or (2) disfigurement as provided by the schedule in subsection (c) of this section; the employee is entitled to basic compensation for the period specified by the schedule at the rate of 66% percent of his monthly pay. T i e basic compensation is— (A) in addition to compensation for temporary total or temporary partial disability; and (B) instead of compensation for permanent disability, except in a case involving disfigurement and as otherwise provided by subsection (b) of this section. (b) If an injury causes the total and permanent loss of use of an arm, a hand, a leg, a foot, or an eye, including loss of binocular vision, or total and permanent loss of hearing in both ears, whether or not the disability also involves other impairment of the body, the individual is entitled— (1) for the period specified by the schedule in subsection (c) of this section, to basic compensation at the rate of 66% percent of his monthly pay; and (2) for a later period, to basic compensation as provided by— (A) section 8105 of this title if the disability is total; or (B) section 8106 of this title if the disability is partial. The basic compensation is in addition to compensation for periods of temporary total or temporary partial disability, and is payable notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and sections 8105 and 8106 of this title.

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