§ 10.503 - Under what circumstances may OWCP reduce or terminate compensation benefits?

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Once OWCP has advised the employee that it has accepted a claim and has either approved continuation of pay or paid medical benefits or compensation, benefits will not be terminated or reduced unless the weight of the evidence establishes that:

The disability for which compensation was paid has ceased;

The disabling condition is no longer causally related to the employment;

The employee is only partially disabled;

The employee has returned to work;

The beneficiary was convicted of fraud in connection with a claim under the FECA, or the beneficiary was incarcerated based on any felony conviction; or

OWCP's initial decision was in error.