OWCP 5c- Work Capacity Evaluation for Musculoskeletal Injuries. This form can be used as an alternative to the CA17 when patients aren’t able to get forms from their supervisors. Fill this form out to describe the patient’s condition and their current physical work abilities. Give 2 copies to the patient and tell patients to give 1 copy to their supervisor. Functional Capacity Evaluations and Physical Performance Testing can give doctors excellent information to use for the OWCP 5c.
Federal employees need help from expert, trained, and compliant doctors and staff who understand their unique needs, concerns, and struggles after they’re hurt at work. Work injuries may be inevitable, but losing is not. We have the power to help them. Federal employees make this country go. When they break, we have to fix them.