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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 D  

Presumptions Applicable to Eligibility Determinations


20 CFR 718.302 - Relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment.

  • Section Number: 718.302
  • Section Name: Relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment.

    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. (See Sec. 718.203.)
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