[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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[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 
 
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 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]