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assignment as directed by the Fire Chief will make the employee ineligible <br /> for disability leave during the time involved. <br /> C . A physician selected by the County may be used to determine the physical <br /> ability of the employee to continue on disability leave or to return to work. <br /> D . Except as may be modified by Article 26. 11 , if the disability leave is <br /> approved, the first seven (7) days of the leave will be charged to the <br /> employee's medical leave or the annual leave account. After the first seven <br /> (7) days, the employee will be entitled to normal Workers' Compensation <br /> only, unless the employee elects to supplement such Workers' Compensation <br /> benefits with any accrued medical or annual leave he or she may have. In no <br /> case shall the employee's total compensation from county pay and Workers' <br /> Compensation exceed his or her normal compensation. <br /> E . No new medical leave shall be accumulated during the period an employee is <br /> off the job due to injury. <br /> F. At any time during the period of disability, any case may, upon request, be <br /> reviewed by an authorized County physician who shall recommend retention, <br /> reduction, or separation to the Fire Chief. <br /> 26 . 11 In the event of a combat injury, generally defined as occurring from the point of alarm to the <br /> return to station, an employee will be paid an amount equal to the employee's normal <br /> earnings by use of District funds or a combination of District funds and Workers' <br /> Compensation without charge to the employee's medical or annual leave. This coverage will <br /> be extended to other hazardous activities, if approved by the Director of Emergency Services, <br /> after a request for approval of such paid disability has been made by the Fire Chief and the <br /> union president. The Director's approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. <br /> 44 <br />