For those who are interested in reviewing the decisions rendered by the Benefit Review Board, the court in Defense Base Act cases and Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act cases, please see the following link: http://www.dol.gov/brb/decisions/lngshore/published/main.htm. Once you are at this web page, you can simply click on the year of the decision and bring up the specific case to find out what the court ordered and what law was applied. This link will be helpful to those trying cases and keeping up to date with the law.
Additionally, please remember that a claim for medical benefits in a Defense Base Act case or a Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act case is never time-barred; and when the attorney establishes the claimant's entitlement to medical expenses, the attorney has successfully prosecuted the claim, entitling him or her to an attorney's fee.
