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HALL v. DEP'T OF THE TREASURY

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Where a federal agency issues a decision on the merits of a claim for Law Enforcement Coverage, it waives its right under 5 CFR 831.906(e) to request...

VINCENT v. APFEL

Government Benefits
Uncertainty over whether all of an annual income came from certain work may defeat a claim that disability applicant can engage in substantial gainful...

RIVERA v. R.R. RETIREMENT BD.

Government Benefits
Appellate courts do not have jurisdiction to review a denial of annuity benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act where claimant fails to file a...

MAYES v. MASSANARI

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Benefits
Even if after-discovered evidence is material to the administrative law judge's decision, petitioner must show good cause for failing to present the...

BUSTAMANTE v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
Administrative Law Judges may not determine that a claimant's mental impairments are the product and consequence of alcohol abuse prior to making a...

WATSON v. DEP'T OF THE NAVY

Government Benefits, Military Law
The Merit Systems Protection Board's new approach for determining eligibility for early retirement coverage as law enforcement officers is consistent...

VACCARO v. OFFICE OF PERS. MGMT.

Government Benefits
When a divorce decree divides marital property, but defers division of community interest in the Federal Employee's Civil Service Pension and does not...

ROLLINS v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
An administrative law judge may disregard a treating doctor's conclusion that applicant was disabled when doctor stated that applicant's condition...

NAT'L ORG. OF VETERANS' ADVOCATES, INC. v. SEC'Y OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Government Benefits
The Department of Veterans Affairs must explain its rationale for interpreting virtually identical statutes, 38 CFR 3.22 and 38 CFR 20.1106, in...

MOAD v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
Where the medical record shows no objective support for claims of pain and where no medical examiner concluded that disability applicant could not...