A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

• Decision

• Decision and Award Data System (D&A)

• Dependent

• Disablement

• District

Decision: A determination arrived at after consideration. A report of a conclusion.

Decision and Award Data System (D&A): A recently added component of the Board's Claims Information System designed to facilitate production of trial calendar decision notices and other materials prepared by Claims unit keyboard specialists. The system is also being developed as a source of information about case/decision characteristics and indemnity benefits.

Dependent: A person eligible to receive death benefits in a fatal injury case; the regular receipt of contributions by the alleged dependent upon which he/she relies and needs to sustain his/her customary mode of living constitutes dependency. Surviving widows and children under age 18 years are eligible for benefits without proving dependency, and other eligible recipients (if dependency is established) may include dependent handicapped children over age 18 years of age, grandchildren, brothers and sisters under age 18, dependent parents and grandparents.

Disablement: To deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity. To make incapable or ineffective; esp: to deprive of physical, moral, or intellectual strength.

District: (WCB) One of the seven regions of New York State having offices of the Workers' Compensation Board. The regional offices are located in Albany, Binghamton, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Hempstead, Rochester and Syracuse.