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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benefits Review Board canonical | 5 |
| Benefits Review Board of the U.S. Department of Labor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T85452 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Benefits Review Board Context triple: [United States Department of Labor, hasDivision, Benefits Review Board]
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A.
eBenefits
eBenefits is an online portal that allows U.S. veterans, service members, and their families to manage and access VA and DoD benefits and services.
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B.
Report Review Committee of the National Academies
The Report Review Committee of the National Academies is a body that oversees the independent, expert peer review of National Academies reports to ensure their quality, objectivity, and adherence to institutional standards.
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C.
Research and Development Board
The Research and Development Board was a U.S. defense organization responsible for coordinating and overseeing military scientific research and technological innovation in the early Cold War era.
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D.
Social Security Board
The Social Security Board was the federal agency originally established to administer and oversee the United States' Social Security program, including the registration of workers and the distribution of benefits.
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E.
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs during the Great Depression by funding public works and arts projects across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Benefits Review Board Target entity description: 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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A.
eBenefits
eBenefits is an online portal that allows U.S. veterans, service members, and their families to manage and access VA and DoD benefits and services.
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B.
Report Review Committee of the National Academies
The Report Review Committee of the National Academies is a body that oversees the independent, expert peer review of National Academies reports to ensure their quality, objectivity, and adherence to institutional standards.
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C.
Research and Development Board
The Research and Development Board was a U.S. defense organization responsible for coordinating and overseeing military scientific research and technological innovation in the early Cold War era.
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D.
Social Security Board
The Social Security Board was the federal agency originally established to administer and oversee the United States' Social Security program, including the registration of workers and the distribution of benefits.
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E.
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs during the Great Depression by funding public works and arts projects across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal administrative appellate body
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quasi‑judicial tribunal ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BRB ⓘ |
| appealsTo |
United States courts of appeals
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surface form:
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 of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decisionBindingOn | parties to the appeal ⓘ |
| decisionType | written appellate decisions ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
United States Congress
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surface form:
Congress of the United States
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| establishedByStatute |
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
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surface form:
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act amendments of 1972
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| establishedInYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| function |
interpret and apply federal workers’ compensation statutes within its jurisdiction
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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
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workers’ compensation law ⓘ |
| memberAppointmentBy |
United States Secretary of Labor
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surface form:
U.S. Secretary of Labor
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| memberTermLength | fixed term ⓘ |
| overseenBy |
Office of the Deputy Secretary of Labor
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surface form:
Office of the Secretary of Labor
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| parentOrganization |
United States Department of Labor
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surface form:
U.S. Department of Labor
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| partOf |
United States Department of Labor
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surface form:
U.S. Department of Labor
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| procedure |
does not conduct new evidentiary hearings
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reviews cases on the written record ⓘ |
| publishes | BRB decisions and orders ⓘ |
| reviews |
appeals of compensation orders
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workers’ compensation claims decisions ⓘ |
| reviewsUnderStatute |
Black Lung Benefits Act
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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
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substantial evidence for factual findings ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
coal miners’ black lung benefits
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Benefits Review Board Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.