If you deny an employee's claim and just before the one-year anniversary the employee meets with an information and assistance officer who takes the matter under submission, the statute of limitations is tolled during the consideration and for how many days after issuance of a recommendation?

• A. 30 days
• B. 60 days
• C. 90 days
• D. 120 days

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is that the statute of limitations on filing a claim is paused when an information and assistance officer (IAO) is considering the case and, importantly, remains paused for 60 days after the IAO issues a recommendation. This tolling provides a window for the employee to act on the IAO’s findings without losing the right to pursue the claim.

So, when a claim is denied and the employee engages the IAO, the clock stops during the IAO’s review. After the IAO issues a recommendation, the clock is tolled for 60 days. The correct answer is sixty days, reflecting this post-recommendation tolling period. The other durations do not match the rule described; the statute specifies a 60-day extension after the recommendation, in addition to the time the IAO is considering the case.