Legal Opinion
Charles E. Fountain v. Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1996No. 95-3028PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Charles Fountain appeals the Railroad Retirement Board’s denial of his application for a disability annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act. He asserts that the Board’s decision is not supported by substantial evidence. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Fountain was born in 1950. He has three years of college education. He was employed by Union Pacific Railroad (the Railroad) beginning in 1977 as a brakeman/switchman, a hostler, 1 and later a locomotive engineer. In 1988, he injured his back throwing a switch. He underwent surgery on his back in 1990. After Fountain and the…
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