Rrb
Yackell v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Dennis Yackell petitions pro se for review of the Railroad Retirement Board’s decision affirming the hearings officer’s determinations concerning Yackell’s entitlement to disability benefits. We have jurisdiction under 45 U.S.C. § 231g. We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence and governing law support the Board’s decision that Yackell was disabled for all substantial gainful activity as of February 1, 1998, but was not in insured status on that date and thus was not entitled to a period of disability under section 216(i) of the Social Security Act. See Calderon v. U.S. R.R. Ret. Bd., 780 F.2d 812, 813 (9th Cir.1986) (Board’s findings reviewed for substantial evidence).
The Board’s decision that Yackell’s disability annuity began on March 1, 2007, one year prior to his application, is also supported. See 45 U.S.C. § 231d(a) (a disability annuity may begin the first day of the sixth month after the onset of the disability or the first day of the twelfth month prior to the date the application for benefits was filed, whichever is later).
We reject Yackell’s contentions concerning the Board’s handling of his earlier applications.