Intro to the EEOICPA
Hugh Stephens, Esq. introduces the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA), which was passed in 2000. He speaks about the types of facilities that were involved in the atomic weapons manufacturing process and benefits workers at those facilities might be eligible for under the Act. Hugh explains what the Act might mean for […]
10 Reasons to Engage EEOICPA Counsel
Claims Examiners in the Department of Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC) within the Office of Workers Compensation (OWCP) of the Department of Labor (DOL) often attempt to discourage claimants from engaging EEOICPA Counsel (an EEOICPA Attorney or an EEOICPA Lawyer) to assist with an EEOICPA claim. I think it is important for Energy Workers […]
EEOICPA / DEEOIC Covered Illnesses – Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer is one of the covered illnesses under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) as well as one of the 22 Specified Cancers under the EEOICPA Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) procedure. That procedure establishes a relaxed causation standard and an efficiency procedure, in the place of the more rigorous standard Dose […]
DEEOIC – EEOICPA Efficiency Measures and Part E Hearing Loss
We had a hearing recently that involved a hearing loss claim. The requirements for a hearing loss claim under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP) are interesting because of the way they reflect a process similar to the process used by NIOSH for Dose Reconstructions under Part B. Under Part B, a Dose […]
DOE or DOD, Department of Energy (DOE) Employees and Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employees and Compensation under the EEOICPA Program Administered by the Department of Labor
A number of claimants have contacted our office recently concerning whether employment at an Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) designated facility gives rise to compensation under the EEOICPA program. The workers involved were employed at the designated facility and that employment was during a Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) time period. They also […]