[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR320.8]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 320_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT 
 
Sec. 320.8  Notice of initial determination.

    (a) Benefits payable. If benefits are payable for a claim, no 
special notice of the award will be issued to the claimant. A notice of 
the award will be sent to the base-year employer(s). The amount of 
benefits due will be certified to the United States Treasury Department 
for payment.
    (b) Benefits not payable. If an initial determination results in 
denial of a claim, either in whole or in part, the adjudicating office 
shall issue a notice of the denial within 15 days of the date that it 
makes its determination. The notice shall explain the basis for the 
denial of benefits and shall set forth

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what steps the claimant can take to contest the denial.
    (c) Communication of notice of denial. When the adjudicating office 
mails the denial notice to the claimant's address of record, it shall be 
considered that notice of the denial has been communicated to the 
claimant on the date of mailing such notice. If the adjudicating office 
has been notified that a claimant has an attorney or other 
representative helping him or her with the claim, a copy of the denial 
notice shall be sent to the attorney or such other representative.

[53 FR 2486, Jan. 28, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 65679, Dec. 18, 1991]