Legal Opinion
Lenill L. Thornton v. United States Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 24, 1997No. 96-3161PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Lenill Thornton petitions for review of the affirmance by the United States Railroad Retirement Board (“the Board”) of its hearing officer’s decision denying his application for a disability annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act (“the Act”). 1 Petitioner argues that the Board erred by affirming the hearing officer’s decision denying his disability annuity application without the benefit of an oral hearing. We affirm.
I. Background
Thornton was employed by the railroad from 1965 until 1982 and filed an application for a disability annuity under the Act after suffering a…
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