Federal · Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
5 U.S.C. § 8108: Reduction of compensation for subsequent injury to same member
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compensation in both cases is for disability of the same member or function or different parts of the same member or function or for disfigurement; and the Secretary of Labor finds that compensation payable for the later disability in whole or in part would duplicate the compensation payable for the preexisting disability.
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