[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]



[Page 543-544]

 

                      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

--Table of Contents

 

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]