Employees' Compensation Appeals Board Disposition Records.
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U.S. Department of Labor, Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Former or current Federal employees who appealed final decisions of the
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
Final decisions and/or orders determining appeals of benefits claims
under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act.
5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.
To maintain formal records of appeal dispositions determined by the
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board.
Board final decisions and/or orders are public documents and are
accessible to interested persons. Precedent setting decisions are sent to the
U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) for publication in an annual Volume,
which is available for sale from the GPO, and deposited in over 500 Federal
Depository Libraries throughout the country.
None.
Recent decisions are maintained in hard copy form in binders in the
ECAB library; older decisions are published in bound volumes. Published volumes
are also on deposit in designated Federal Depository Libraries, and on the
ECAB'S Internet web-site.
Published decisions are indexed by appellant's last name, by category
of medical condition and legal issue, by ECAB Docket number and by ECAB Volume
number and page. Unpublished decisions are indexed by ECAB Docket number, and
can be cross-referenced to appellant's name.
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Access to ECAB Library and Decision Files is by request and available
during regular office hours.
Records are retained permanently.
Chairman, Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210
Inquiries should be in the form of a written, signed request to the
System Manager at the above address and should specify the ECAB Docket number,
name of appellant and approximate date of disposition. Alternatively, if
disposition is known to be a published decision, inquiry should specify the
Volume and page number.
Information or assistance regarding access to ECAB Disposition Records
may be obtained by contacting the Clerk of the Board, Employees' Compensation
Appeals Board, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
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Appellants who wish to contest their Disposition Records should notify
the System Manager in writing.
Records in this system are composed of formal, final decisions and/or
orders of the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board.
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