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5 U.S. Code § 8122 - Time for making claim | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Time for making claim
(a) An original claim for compensation for disability or death must be filed within 3 years after the injury or death. Compensation for disability or death, including medical care in disability cases, may not be allowed if claim is not filed within that time unless—
(d) The time limitations in subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not—
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 544; Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(57), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 210; Pub. L. 93–416, § 14, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1147.)
5 U.S.C. 770.
Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 458, § 20, 39 Stat. 747.
July 28, 1945, ch. 328, § 1, 59 Stat. 503.
Sept. 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86–767, § 205, 74 Stat. 908.
8122(b), (d)
5 App.: 770.
July 4, 1966, Pub. L. 89–488, § 9, 80 Stat. 254.
1974—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–416, § 14(1), substituted provisions requiring filing of claims for compensation within three years after death or disability, and setting forth conditions for waiver of filing within required time periods, for provisions requiring claim for death to be made within one year after death and for disability to be made within 60 days after injury and authorizing extension of time for good cause.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93–416, § 14(2), substituted provisions relating to timeliness of claim for death when claim for injury was timely filed and death was based on same injury, for provisions relating to waiver of compliance with requirements for giving notice of injury and filing claim for compensation.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93–416, § 14(3), substituted “(a) and (b)” for “(a)–(c)”, and added cl. (3).
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–416 effective Sept. 7, 1974, and applicable to any injury or death occurring on or after Sept. 7, 1974, see section 23(a) of Pub. L. 93–416, set out as a note under section 8101 of this title.
Increases authorized under amendment by section 1(57) of 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.