Rogers v. District Unemployment Compensation Board

This is a petition for review of a decision of the District Unemployment Compensation Board (hereinafter Board) holding petitioner ineligible for benefits by reason of a deductible pension or annuity which exceeded his potential weekly benefit amount. D.C.Code 1967, § 46-307(c). Petitioner contends that his annuity is nondeductible because it is a return of his own capital. We disagree and therefore affirm.

Petitioner retired from his position with the United States Postal Service on May 31, 1971. He subsequently filed a claim for unemployment benefits, which was denied by a claims deputy…