Wheeler v. Railroad Retirement Board

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

Nora Wheeler, the widow, by Minnesota law, of a pensioned railroad engineer, seeks to have reviewed, under section 11 of the Railroad Retirement Act, as amended, 45 U.S.C.A. § 228k, a decision of the Railroad Retirement Board, denying her application for a widow’s insurance annuity under section 5(a) of the Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 228e (a). The application had also previously been denied by the Bureau of Retirement Claims and by the Appeals Council, the initial and intermediate adjudicating units of the Board under the Act.

The record, on which the Board’s decision rests,…