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Federal Workers Compensation Attorney – DOL, OWCP, OPM

We exist to champion the rights and well-being of injured federal employees, providing expert legal support to those hurt or ill on the job. Our mission is to ensure every injured federal worker receives the justice and compensation they deserve, navigating the complexities of federal workers’ compensation law with unwavering dedication and integrity.

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Carlos M. Zaldivar, Esquire

Mr. Zaldivar has thirty (30) years of experience as a General Counsel, Trial Lawyer and a former law enforcement professional. From 1992 – 2004, Mr. Zaldivar served as a Special Agent and a Supervisory Special Agent/General Counsel with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he conducted and supervised complex investigations into financial and money laundering schemes, narcotics distribution, extortion, kidnap and ransom and other criminal enterprises. As a FBI General Counsel, he directed legal operations for the FBI’s Miami and San Juan Divisions. He provided legal opinions to agents, supervisors and executive management and served as General Counsel for 10…

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FECA gives all USPS postal employees (clerks, handlers, letter carriers, etc.) the right to receive certain medical care benefits and compensation benefits after an on-the-job injury occurs

OPM Disability

OPM Disability Retirement refers to the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement benefits program for federal employees…

OWCP Claims

We provide experienced guidance for proper filing of OWCP forms CA-1, CA-2, CA-2a, and many other important OWCP forms…

DOL-OWCP Federal Workers Compensation

The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act affords medical care and compensation benefits, including Continuation of Pay (COP), for federal employees who have suffered an injury on-th-job and/or while performing work-related duties. Medical care for such individuals is billed to the United States Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Workers’ Compensation Program (OWCP) at no cost to the injured federal employee. If you’ve been injured working for the federal government and are having a difficult time getting your case accepted or your benefits started, please give us a call.

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OWCP Claims

Filing an OWCP (Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs) claim can provide several significant benefits for federal employees who have sustained work-related injuries or illnesses.

Understanding and properly navigating the OWCP claim process can ensure that federal employees receive the support they need to recover from workplace injuries or illnesses, helping to maintain financial security and health during recovery. However, the process can be complex, and seeking assistance from professionals familiar with OWCP claims can be beneficial.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When you first get hurt you are in involved in an adjudication process with the OWCP. You must prove your case. You cannot rely on your agency or just your union to help. The OWCP requires specific factual and medical evidence before they will accept you claim. Uliase & Uliase can help prove your case.

When you first get hurt you are in involved in an adjudication process with the OWCP. You must prove your case. You cannot rely on your agency or just your union to help. The OWCP requires specific factual and medical evidence before they will accept you claim. Uliase & Uliase can help prove your case.

You do not need to be totally disabled to apply for or receive OPM disability retirement. The question is whether or not you can perform the job that you were doing or an accommodated position with your employer. For instance, if you’re a welder in a federal job and you injure yourself and your requirement is to lift up to 80 or 100 pounds and you can only lift 50 pounds, you may be able to receive OPM disability. So that welder is not permanently disabled, but could very well be entitled to OPM disability retirement.

Any individual may have preexisting injuries or difficulties or conditions prior to their accident. If their on-the-job accident as a federal employee makes that preexisting condition worse, then it would be covered. It would be up to the physician to show that the person suffered either temporary exacerbation or permanent injury to that preexisting condition.

If you file form CA-1 (traumatic injury claim) within 30 days of your injury, you are automatically entitled to 45 calendar days of pay if you provide medical evidence for your absence because of your work injury. If you file form CA-2 (occupational disease claim) you must file form CA-7 every two weeks to get paid. Remember that you will not get paid until your claim is approved.

In most instances your claim was denied because the Department of Labor, and the OWCP did not have all the information necessary, or perhaps your claim actually shouldn’t be approved. Chances are you would need an attorney who understands the statutes, the case law, and the factual circumstances of your particular claim to successfully appeal it.

That can be very frustrating because you got the claim accepted, your actual condition has been accepted. But what happens oftentimes is the physician may request a type of treatment that the Department of Labor or the OWCP will not allow, or it might be a procedure that is either experimental or there might be other options and treatment. So the denial must be addressed based on the specificity of the denial.

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