U.S. Department of Labor Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
Division of Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation
Washington, DC 20210
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RELEASE – TRANSMISSION OF REVISED MATERIAL TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FEDERAL (EEOICPA) PROCEDURE MANUAL: CHAPTER 2-1200 ESTABLISHING SURVIVORSHIP.

EXPLANATION OF MATERIAL TRANSMITTED:

This material is issued as procedural guidance to update, revise and replace the text of EEOICPA Procedure Manual (PM) Chapter 2-1200, Establishing Survivorship. This version incorporates changes that have arisen since the last publication of Chapter 2-1200, Establishing Survivorship:

· Removes pagination from the Chapter and the Page Number column from the Table of Contents.

· Removes the footer on all pages subsequent to the Table of Contents.

· Provides updated guidance regarding who may file a claim on a survivor's behalf and no requirement for filing a Part E claim when an accepted Part B claim exists for Section 4 "Filing a Claim for Survivor Benefits."

· Includes clarifying guidance regarding evidence used to establish causal relationship between exposure and death for Section 6 "Linking Employee's Death to an Occupational or Covered Illness."


· Includes new guidance for Section 8 "Surviving Child" regarding "Posthumously Conceived Children."

· Provides updated guidance regarding the allocation of compensation for multiple eligible survivor payees for Section 12(f) "Issues During the Payment Process."

Rachel P. Leiton Signature

Rachel P. Leiton

Director, Division of

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation

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Filing Instructions:

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File this transmittal behind Part 2 in the front of the Unified Federal (EEOICPA) Procedure Manual.

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