[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: 20CFR320.42]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 320_INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT 

INSURANCE ACT AND REVIEWS OF AND APPEALS FROM SUCH DETERMINATIONS

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Sec.  320.42  Decision of Board.



    The decision of the Board, whether on an appeal to the Board from a 

decision of a hearings officer, or after submission of a report by a 

hearings officer, shall be made upon the basis of the record established 

in accordance with the foregoing sections. Notice of such decision, 

together with the Board's findings of fact and conclusions of law in 

connection therewith, shall, within 15 days from the date on which the 

decision is made, be mailed to the parties at the latest addresses 

furnished by them. Subject only to judicial review in accordance with 

Sec.  320.45, the decision of the Board shall be final and conclusive 

for all purposes:

    (a) With respect to the initial determination involved, and

    (b) With respect to other initial determinations, irrespective of 

whether they have been appealed, which involve the same parties and 

which were based on the same issue or issues determined in the decision 

of the Board. In a case in which there has been a hearings officer's 

report, in an appeal involving employee status or the creditability of 

compensation, the decision of the Board on all issues determined in such 

decision shall be final and conclusively establish all rights and 

obligations, arising under the Act, of every party notified as 

hereinabove provided of his



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or her right to participate in the proceedings.



[Board Order 66-84, 31 FR 10181, July 28, 1966, as amended at 56 FR 

65681, Dec. 18, 1991]