20 CFR § 320.32 - Effect of decision of hearings officer.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s320.32"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 320.32 - Effect of decision of hearings officer."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "320.32"
section_name: "Effect of decision of hearings officer."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT"
part_number: "320"
part_name: "INITIAL DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT AND REVIEWS OF AND APPEALS FROM SUCH DETERMINATIONS"
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. 355 and 362(1)."
regulatory_source: "Board Order 58-142, 23 FR 9090, Nov. 22, 1958, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "320"
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# 320.32 Effect of decision of hearings officer.
A decision of the hearings officer, subject to review as hereinafter provided, shall be binding upon any adjudicating office and upon all parties;
(a) With respect to the initial determination involved, and
(b) With respect to other initial determinations, irrespective of whether they have been appealed, which involved the same parties and which were based upon the same issue or issues determined in the decision of the hearings officer.
[56 FR 65681, Dec. 18, 1991]