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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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In the Matter of JOHNNY GAMBLE, JR. and DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY,

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER, Warminster, PA

 

Docket No. 00-730; Submitted on the Record;

Issued January 9, 2001

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DECISION and ORDER

 

Before   A. PETER KANJORSKI, PRISCILLA ANNE SCHWAB,

VALERIE D. EVANS-HARRELL

 

 

            The issue is whether appellant sustained more than a nine percent binaural hearing loss, for which he received a schedule award.

            The Board has given careful consideration to the issue involved, the contentions of the parties on appeal and the entire case record.  The Board finds that the October 15, 1999 decision of the hearing representative of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs is in accordance with the facts and the law in this case and hereby adopts the findings and conclusions of the hearing representative.

            The decision of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs dated October 15, 1999 is hereby affirmed.[1]

Dated,  Washington, DC

            January 9, 2001

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                            A. Peter Kanjorski

                                                                                                            Alternate Member

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                            Priscilla Anne Schwab

                                                                                                            Alternate Member

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                            Valerie D. Evans-Harrell

                                                                                                            Alternate Member


     [1] The Board notes that additional evidence was submitted subsequent to issuance of the Office’s October 15, 1999 decision.  The Board has no jurisdiction to review this evidence for the first time on appeal; see 20 C.F.R. § 501.2(c); James C. Campbell, 5 ECAB 35, 36 n. 2 (1952).