Beeler v. Berryhill

The Totalization Agreement does not, however, designate as covered employment, or recognize as equivalent to covered employment, paid work in both countries, plainly or otherwise. Plaintiffs do not, because they cannot, point to specific language in the Totalization Agreement to that express effect. Plaintiffs rather point to the structure and purpose of the Totalization Agreement as a whole, indeed to the structure and purpose of any totalization agreement. See Pls.' Reply Br. 5 ("[S]uch agreements [i.e. , totalization agreements] plainly designate 'employment' to cover all periods of…