20 CFR § 259.6 - Finality of determinations issued under this part.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s259.6"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 259.6 - Finality of determinations issued under this part."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "259.6"
section_name: "Finality of determinations issued under this part."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "259"
part_name: "INITIAL DETERMINATIONS AND APPEALS FROM INITIAL DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYER STATUS AND EMPLOYEE STATUS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f; 45 U.S.C. 362(l)."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 56889, Dec. 5, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "259"
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# 259.6 Finality of determinations issued under this part.
Any determination rendered by the Board at the initial or reconsideration stages shall be considered a final determination and shall be binding with respect to all parties unless reversed on reconsideration or upon judicial review. A final determination may be reopened at the request of a party who was, or could have been, a party to the final determination when the party alleges that the law or the facts upon which the final determination was based have changed sufficiently to warrant a contrary determination. Such a request shall be submitted to the Secretary to the Board, who shall consider such request as a request for an initial determination under § 259.1.
[57 FR 4366, Feb. 5, 1992]