If OWCP determined your schedule award by having Ari Kaz MD review your file and prepare a district medical advisor (DMA) memo, there is great likelihood that your rating is lower than it should have been and you should not accept the determination.
OWCP's 2024 payment schedule for FECA claimants receiving periodic wage loss and schedule award payments is now posted. It can become confusing to understand what date the next payment is due from OWC
I have seen three DMA memos in hearing loss cases by this physician and in EVERY case he invented a reason to reduce the claimant's hearing loss or simply say that the hearing loss is not work related