How will workers compensation affect my civil service annuity?
When you apply for retirement, you should list your workers compensation on
your application. Generally, you cannot receive workers' compensation and civil
service annuity payments at the same time. You must decide which benefit is most
advantageous and elect to receive that one. If you decide to receive workers'
compensation benefits, payments from the Office of Personnel Management will be
suspended. If your workers compensation benefit stops, you can ask us to pay
your civil service annuity.
You can continue to receive your civil service annuity payments when your
workers' compensation is for a Scheduled Award. If you missed work before
retirement for an on-the-job injury or illness and received workers'
compensation, generally, you can receive credit for time in the computation of
your civil service annuity.
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