Rick L. Norton v. Railroad Retirement Board

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Rick L. Norton, a former employee of the Burlington Northern Railroad, was injured on the job in 1990. Norton received a cash settlement from Burlington and applied to the Railroad Retirement Board for an occupational disability annuity. Because of gaps in Norton’s employment with Burlington during the 1970s and 1980s, a hearing officer decided Norton did not have the required twenty years of service and denied Norton’s application. See 45 U.S.C. § 231a(a)(l)(iv)(A) (1988). The Board adopted and affirmed the hearing officer’s decision. We deny Norton’s petition for review.

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