Rabinak v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters Pension Fund

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

When William Rabinak retired and received the calculation of his pension benefit, he thought something was off. The annual salaries listed did not appear to take into account quarterly payments of $2,500 he received for serving on his organization’s Executive Board, so he appealed and maintained those payments should have been counted. The pension fund appeals committee denied his appeal. Controlled as we are by a standard of review that asks only whether the decision was arbitrary and capricious, we affirm the denial. The plan’s definition of compensation includes…