5 U.S.C. § 8105 — Total disability
submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-554 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 66 words · no verdicts yet
A totally disabled employee gets monthly pay equal to two-thirds of their regular monthly pay. Losing both hands, both arms, both feet, both legs, or the sight in both eyes counts automatically as permanent total disability, unless shown otherwise.
(a) If an employee's disability under this law is total, the government pays them monthly compensation equal to 66⅔ percent of their regular monthly pay. This is called their "basic compensation for total disability."
(b) Losing the use of both hands, both arms, both feet, or both legs, or losing sight in both eyes, automatically counts as permanent total disability. The law calls this "prima facie" evidence, meaning it's treated as proven unless shown otherwise.
If the disability is total, the United States shall pay the employee during the disability monthly monetary compensation equal to 66⅔ percent of his monthly pay, which is known as his basic compensation for total disability.
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.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 535.)
- 1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-554 · 80 Stat. 535
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-554 on 1966-09-06.
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