20 CFR § 349.8 - Discretion of the three-member Board to reopen or not to reopen a final decision.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s349.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 349.8 - Discretion of the three-member Board to reopen or not to reopen a final decision."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "349.8"
section_name: "Discretion of the three-member Board to reopen or not to reopen a final decision."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT"
part_number: "349"
part_name: "FINALITY OF DECISIONS REGARDING UNEMPLOYMENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE BENEFITS"
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(l)."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 66499, Nov. 6, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "349"
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# 349.8 Discretion of the three-member Board to reopen or not to reopen a final decision.
In any case in which the three-member Board may deem proper, the Board may direct that any decision, which is otherwise subject to reopening under this part, shall not be reopened or direct that any decision, which is otherwise not subject to reopening under this part, shall be reopened.