Claims Examiner (Sickness/ Unemployment)

As a Claims Examiner (Sickness/ Unemployment), you will: Examine and adjudicate supplemental medical statements to make determinations on continued entitlement to sickness benefits. Determine the sufficiency, relevancy, and validity of evidence submitted in the adjudication of initial applications and claims for unemployment and/or sickness benefits. Review cases referred to the section for possible recovery of erroneous payments and collection of debts from claimants. Respond to inquiries via telephone, written replies, or electronic means from labor or railroad officials, government agencies, welfare organizations, claimants, attorneys, and others. Access various computer systems to enter, view, route, retrieve, and print data/documents used in the adjudicative processes and process various miscellaneous work items. Note: This posting is for the purpose of announcing a course of training leading to assignment to positions of Railroad Retirement Sickness and Unemployment Claims Examin