Benefits Review Board

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The Benefits Review Board is a federal administrative appellate body that reviews and decides appeals of workers’ compensation claims under certain U.S. labor laws.

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Generate an image of the Benefits Review Board (The Benefits Review Board is a federal administrative appellate body that reviews and decides appeals of workers’ compensation claims under certain U.S. labor laws.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal administrative appellate body ⓘ
quasi‑judicial tribunal ⓘ
abbreviation BRB ⓘ
appealsTo U.S. courts of appeals ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the circuit where the injury occurred ⓘ
cannotReview state workers’ compensation claims ⓘ
classification independent adjudicatory body within the executive branch ⓘ
composition five members ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decisionBindingOn parties to the appeal ⓘ
decisionType written appellate decisions ⓘ
establishedBy Congress of the United States ⓘ
establishedByStatute Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act amendments of 1972 ⓘ
establishedInYear 1972 ⓘ
function interpret and apply federal workers’ compensation statutes within its jurisdiction ⓘ
issue final agency decisions in covered workers’ compensation cases ⓘ
review decisions of Department of Labor administrative law judges ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver compensation orders issued by administrative law judges under covered statutes ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
issues precedential decisions within the Department of Labor’s adjudicatory system ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea labor law ⓘ
workers’ compensation law ⓘ
memberAppointmentBy U.S. Secretary of Labor ⓘ
memberTermLength fixed term ⓘ
overseenBy Office of the Secretary of Labor ⓘ
parentOrganization U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
partOf U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
procedure does not conduct new evidentiary hearings ⓘ
reviews cases on the written record ⓘ
publishes BRB decisions and orders ⓘ
reviews appeals of compensation orders ⓘ
workers’ compensation claims decisions ⓘ
reviewsUnderStatute Black Lung Benefits Act ⓘ
Defense Base Act ⓘ
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act ⓘ
Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act ⓘ
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (workers’ compensation provisions) ⓘ
standardOfReview de novo review of legal questions ⓘ
substantial evidence for factual findings ⓘ
subjectMatter coal miners’ black lung benefits ⓘ
defense base workers’ compensation ⓘ
federal contract and overseas workers’ compensation under covered statutes ⓘ
longshore and harbor workers’ compensation ⓘ
website https://www.dol.gov/agencies/brb ⓘ

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United States Department of Labor → hasDivision → Benefits Review Board ⓘ
Defense Base Act → appealTo → Benefits Review Board ⓘ
BRB → fullName → Benefits Review Board ⓘ
BRB → abbreviationOf → Benefits Review Board ⓘ
administrative law judges of the U.S. Department of Labor → reviewedBy → Benefits Review Board of the U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
linked to: Benefits Review Board