United States Department of Labor

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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S.U., Appellant

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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, LINDA MAR 

STATION, Pacifica, CA, Employer

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Docket No. 20-0636

Issued: December 3, 2020

Appearances: Case Submitted on the Record

Appellant, pro se

Office of Solicitor, for the Director

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

Before:

ALEC J. KOROMILAS, Chief Judge

CHRISTOPHER J. GODFREY, Deputy Chief Judge

VALERIE D. EVANS-HARRELL, Alternate Judge

On January 29, 2020 appellant filed an appeal from a purported December 5, 2019 decision 

of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). The Clerk of the Appellate Boards 

assigned the appeal Docket No. 20-0636.

The Board, having duly considered the matter, concludes that the appeal docketed as No. 

20-0636 must be dismissed. The Board’s jurisdiction is limited to the review of final adverse 

OWCP decisions issued under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA).1 The case 

record as transmitted to the Board does not contain a final adverse decision of OWCP issued within 

180 days from the date of docketing of the current appeal.2 

The Board notes that the case record as transmitted to the Board does not contain a final 

adverse decision of OWCP issued on December 5, 2019. The only documents of record dated 

 

1 5 U.S.C. § 8149; 20 C.F.R. §§ 501.2(c) and 501.3(a).

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Id. at § 501.3(e) provides in pertinent part: “Any notice of appeal must be filed within 180 days from the date of 

issuance of a decision of the OWCP.”
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December 5, 2019 were letters in which directed her to repay the overpayment in full3and no 

payment had then been received. 

The Board finds that, OWCP’s December 5, 2019 letters were purely informational in 

nature and, thus, do not constitute final adverse OWCP decisions from which appellant may 

properly appeal.4 The Board does not have jurisdiction with respect to any interlocutory matters

decided or not decided.

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 For the foregoing reasons, the Board finds that as there is no final adverse 

OWCP decision over which the Board may properly exercise jurisdiction, the appeal docketed as 

No. 20-0636 must be dismissed.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the appeal docketed as No. 20-0636 is dismissed.

Issued: December 3, 2020

Washington, DC

Alec J. Koromilas, Chief Judge

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

Christopher J. Godfrey, Deputy Chief Judge

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

Valerie D. Evans-Harrell, Alternate Judge

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

 

3 The Board notes that appellant also filed an appeal from a March 17, 2017 OWCP merit decision. However, by 

decision dated April 2, 2018, the Board affirmed March 17 and April 27, 2017 OWCP overpayment decisions. Docket 

No. 17-1281 (issued April 2, 2018). The Board’s decision became final after 30 days of issuance and is not subject 

to further review. Id. at § 501.6(d); see R.T., Docket No. 20-0298 (issued August 6, 2020); M.S., Docket No. 18-0222 

(issued June 21, 2018); J.P., Docket No. 17-0053 (issued May 23, 2017); R.M., Docket No. 14-1213 (issued 

October 15, 2014). (RD 8//11/16, 3/15/17, 4/27/17, 4/2/18) 

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Id. at §§ 501.2(c) and 501.3(a); see also L.S., Docket No. 06-1199 (issued December 29, 2006).

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Id. at § 501.2(c); Jennifer A. Guillary, 57 ECAB 485 (2005).