[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR260.7]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 260_REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION AND APPEALS WITHIN THE BOARD--Table of 
 
Sec.  260.7  Time limits for issuing a decision when a hearing is not held.

    If a claimant waives his or her right to appear at a hearing and the 
hearings officer does not schedule the case for hearing, or the evidence 
in the record supports a favorable decision without a hearing, or a 
hearing is not required pursuant to Sec.  260.5(g), the hearings officer 
shall make every effort to issue a decision within 90 days from the date 
the appeal is filed: Provided, however, that if the hearings officer 
requests additional evidence it shall be requested within 45 days of the 
filing of the appeal and the hearings officer shall make every effort to 
issue a decision within 30 days after the additional evidence is 
received and the appellant comments on the evidence, or if no comment is 
received after the close of the comment period.

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