{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-623.08","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-623.08","heading":"Reduction of compensation for subsequent injury to same member.","body":"The period of compensation payable under the schedule in § 1-623.07 is reduced by the period of compensation paid or payable under the schedule for an earlier injury if: (1) 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 (2) the Mayor finds that compensation payable for the later disability, in whole or in part, would duplicate the compensation payable for the preexisting disability. In such a case, compensation for disability continuing after the scheduled period starts on the expiration of that period as reduced under this section.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 6. Merit Personnel System.","Subchapter XXIII. Public Sector Workers’ Compensation."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-623.08","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"1df7d4e60abc987f8478894efabe99f0310ba438354059d7963678691c98fe50","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-623.07","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-623.09"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}