What Are Your Benefits Under The Defense Base Act?

 

The laws regarding benefits are complex, and apply to different situations. You should contact an experienced overseas workers compensation lawyer to assist you in fully exploring and analyzing specifically which benefits you may be entitled to. Below is a list of some of the benefits that may be available to you if you were injured outside the United States:

 

 

• 1. Payment Based on Average Weekly Wage – which may include incentive pay, overseas allowance, bonuses, and overtime.

   

  2. Medical Care – which may include an initial choice of physician, expense reimbursement, mileage reimbursement, medication expense reimbursement, and psychological or psychiatric care.

   

  3. Wage Loss Benefits – which may include receiving wages while seeing a doctor (until discharged or achieving maximum medical improvement), engaging in physical rehabilitation, or engaging in vocational rehabilitation.

   

  4. Vocational Rehabilitation (Administered by the U.S. Dept. of Labor) – if you cannot return to your previous position due to a total disability or a partial permanent disability, you may be entitled to paid vocational training.