Code of Federal Regulations Title 20. Employees' Benefits § 20.10.207 May an employee who returns to work, then stops work again due to the effects of the injury, receive COP?

(a) The employee completes Form CA–2a and elects to receive regular pay;

(b) OWCP did not deny the original claim for disability;

(c) The disability recurs and the employee stops work within 45 days of the time the employee first returned to work following the initial period of disability;  and

(d) Pay has not been continued for the entire 45 days.