Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60
§8108 Reduction of Compensation for Subsequent Injury to Same Member
Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart G— Insurance and Annuities › Chapter 81— COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES › Subchapter I— GENERALLY › § 8108
Summary
Reduce the scheduled payment time for a later injury by the time already paid for an earlier injury. That reduction happens when both payments are for the same body part (or parts of it) or for disfigurement, and the Secretary of Labor finds the later payment would partly or fully repeat the earlier one.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §8108
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The period of compensation payable under the schedule in section 8107(c) of this title is reduced by the period of compensation paid or payable under the schedule for an earlier injury if—
(1)compensation in both cases is for disability of the same member or function or different parts of the same member or function or for disfigurement; and
(2)the Secretary of Labor finds that compensation payable for the later disability in whole or in part would duplicate the compensation payable for the preexisting disability.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
1966 Act DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 755(c).Oct. 14, 1949, ch. 691, § 104 “Sec. 5(c)”, 63 Stat. 857. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report. 1967 Act Section of title 5Source (U.S.Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 81085 App.: 755(c).July 4, 1966, Pub. L. 89–488, § 2(c), 80 Stat. 252.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Personnel Not Affected by 1967 IncreaseIncreases authorized under amendment by Pub. L. 90–83 not applicable to specified personnel, see section 7 of Pub. L. 90–83, set out as a note under section 8103 of this title.
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Citation
5 U.S.C. § 8108
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60