In re the Claim of Barrett

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 23, 1991, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he did not have sufficient weeks of covered employment to file a valid original claim.

On November 16, 1988, claimant’s local unemployment insurance office allowed him to take home a date-stamped blank claim form to complete. Claimant never submitted the form until January 12, 1989. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board rejected claimant’s contention that he was led to believe that the claim would have an…