Tuesday, April 5, 2011   If you've done any reading on the
subject of OWCP, you've probably heard about the Employees
Compensation Appeals Board, also known as the ECAB or the Board.
You've probably heard you should read an ECAB decision or look
up a decision in support of your case, but what do you do with
it once you find it?  The ECAB is the highest authority in the
OWCP system. What the Board says goes. The ECAB sets and holds
precedent. If the ECAB says it and the precedent has held, then
that's the law of OWCPLand.  The point of reading ECAB
decisions, is that you become familiar with what the actual
rules are as opposed to what OWCP tells you the rules are. So
if, for instance, you have an issue with your Statement of
Accepted Facts, (SOAF) and you read three or ten ECAB decisions,
the Board will repeat the same policy, procedure or law that
pertains to the situations of the SOAF.  Every case is
different, but policy, procedure and law surrounding the
issues are the same. Job offers, Loss of Wage Earni