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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 20  

Employees' Benefits

 

Chapter VI  

Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor

 

 

Part 718  

Standards for Determining Coal Miners' Total Disability or Death Due to Pneumoconiosis

 

 

 

Subpart C  

Determining Entitlement to Benefits

20 CFR 718.203 - Establishing relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment.

  • Section Number: 718.203
  • Section Name: Establishing relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment. 
    (a) In order for a claimant to be found eligible for benefits under 
the Act, it must be determined that the miner's pneumoconiosis arose at 
least in part out of coal mine employment. The provisions in this 
section set forth the criteria to be applied in making such a 
determination.
    (b) If a miner who is suffering or suffered from pneumoconiosis was 
employed for ten years or more in one or more coal mines, there shall 
be a rebuttable presumption that the pneumoconiosis arose out of such 
employment.
    (c) If a miner who is suffering or suffered from pneumoconiosis was 
employed less than ten years in the nation's coal mines, it shall be 
determined that such pneumoconiosis arose out of that employment only 
if competent evidence establishes such a relationship.
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