Thaxton v. United States

ORDER

SMITH, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff is a retired inspector for the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. He seeks review of a determination by the Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board (the “ECAB”) upholding a decision of the Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Program (the “OWCP”). Due to a physical disability (myocardial infarction) suffered in the line of duty, plaintiff requested and was awarded augmented benefits based upon the dependency of his mother. The OWCP decision terminated his augmented disability benefits and assessed an overpayment. The OWCP’s…