Legal Opinion
Jon P. Dray v. Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 1, 1993No. 92-3115PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Jon P. Dray petitions for review of a decision by the United States Railroad Retirement Board (“the Board”) denying him a permanent disability annuity under 45 U.S.C. § 231a(a)(l)(v). By a 2-1 majority, the Board affirmed and adopted the decision of the hearing officer, who herself sustained the rejection of Dray’s claim by the Bureau of Retirement Claims (“the Bureau”). We deny the petition for review.
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On a winter day in 1985, Dray lost his footing while working on a telephone pole. He fell to the frozen ground twenty feet below, landing in a sitting position. Even…
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