subject: Defense Based Act Law Has Opened A New Dimension For The Sufferers [print this page] With the Defense based act coming into the scenario, many civilian employees working on military bases will get medical benefits and also disability compensation. Certainly this has created a buzz and is utterly helpful for many people.
Although the act was passed long back, in the year 1941, but recently it has become even stringent. According to the act, any civilian who have served the country and has worked for the military and faced personal injuries is entitled to get the disability compensation and therefore they comes under Defense Base Act (DBA). The act could be said as an extension of Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (LHWCA). This law was created to facilitate the victims with medical support.
There are many jobs which involves lie risk, such as bomb disposal, private military contractor, truck driver, medic, engineer, construction worker, electrician, carpenter, truck driver, utility worker consultant. So for the people who are into this profession, they come under the Defense Base Act Law. The DBA covers the civilians specially who are killed or injured while working as a contractor on a military base, including those in the war zones. The workers those who are injured are entitled to medical treatment by a good physician and medical supervision under a physician until he gets cured. The Defense Base Act Law also states to provide death benefits to family members of civilian workers killed on field. Now the most wondering part is that every civilian pursuing the above mentioned jobs come under the law irrespective of the fact that the accident he faced (which might be the cause of his death) occurred during his working hours or not.
The Compensation that the civilians get who are eligible to be under the Defense Base Act can include- death benefits paid to family members, compensation for medical treatment, compensation for total disability, and compensation for loss of income as the result of the injury. However permanent death benefits and disability benefits can be awarded for life to the family member in case if the individual dies and to the individual if he is injured.
Under the Defense Base Act, the types of injuries that any individual could face are divided into two categories- Scheduled Injuries and Unscheduled injuries. Under the categories of scheduled injuries of Defense Base Act Injuries could be any loss of body parts. It could be an arm lost or leg lost or a finger loss. Again, based on the body part you loss, you get a stipulated week compensation for that. However under unscheduled injuries of Defense Base Act Injuries, the brain injury or a cuff tear would be considered. The injured get a monetary compensation measured by the difference between an employees pre injury wages and the wage that employee is capable to make. There are many defense base act lawyers who can help you out to get the maximum compensation.
