{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-10.405","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 10.405","heading":"Who is considered a dependent in a claim based on disability or impairment?","body":"(a) Dependents include a wife or husband; an unmarried child under 18 years of age; an unmarried child over 18 who is incapable of self-support; a student, until he or she reaches 23 years of age or completes four years of school beyond the high school level; or a wholly dependent parent.\n(b) Augmented compensation payable for an unmarried child, which would otherwise terminate when the child reached the age of 18, may be continued while the child is a student as defined in 5 U.S.C. 8101(17).","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER B—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT","PART 10—CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED","Subpart E—Compensation and Related Benefits"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"3ce6345421a662c78681ffb5477c04d376d6957b2aabf1ba400938e2a93352fc","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-10.404","next":"us/20-cfr-10.406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}