OWCP updated the way their phone system works when calling your claims examiner earlier this year. One annoying delay is that your claims examiner is required to use a lengthy script for their voicemail message. If you do not need to hear that message, just press the number "1" when the claims examiner's message starts playing and you will skip directly into voicemail.
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