FECA Forms, Explained
What each form is for, when it applies, and what your physician contributes. Written for injured federal employees who have been handed a form number and no explanation. General education only — the notice you receive from the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs controls your case.
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CA-1: Traumatic Injury Claim
The form for a single work event — a fall, a lift, an impact — and the 30-day filing that protects your pay.
Read moreCA-2: Occupational Disease Claim
For conditions that developed over time rather than in a single incident — and why they are harder to prove.
Read moreCA-1 or CA-2? Which Claim Applies
The distinction that determines your claim type, your evidence, and whether continuation of pay is available.
Read moreCA-16: Authorization for Examination and Treatment
The agency-issued authorization that tells a treating provider the visit is covered.
Read moreCA-17: Duty Status Report
The physician's statement of what you can and cannot do — the form that drives your work assignment.
Read moreCA-20: Attending Physician's Report
The clinical narrative the Department of Labor relies on — history, findings, diagnosis, causation, restrictions.
Read moreCA-7: Claim for Compensation
How wage-loss compensation and schedule awards are actually claimed — after the injury is accepted.
Read moreContinuation of Pay (COP): The First 45 Days
Paid leave during early disability after a traumatic injury — and the filing deadline that protects it.
Read moreCA-2a: Recurrence of a Prior Injury
When an accepted condition comes back after recovery — a continuation of the old claim, not a new one.
Read moreSchedule Awards & Impairment Ratings
Compensation for permanent impairment of a body member — separate from wage loss, and often overlooked.
Read moreInformation is general education and does not establish a physician-patient relationship, provide legal advice, or guarantee claim acceptance, authorization, benefits, medical outcomes, recovery, or return to work.