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Title 20: Employees' Benefits
CHAPTER I: OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SUBCHAPTER C: ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000
PART 30: CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED
Subpart C: Eligibility Criteria
: Eligibility Criteria for Claims Relating to Chronic Silicosis Under Part B of Eeoicpa
30.220 - What are the criteria for eligibility for benefits relating to chronic silicosis
To establish eligibility for benefits for chronic silicosis under Part B of EEOICPA, an employee or his or her survivor must show that:
(a) The employee is a civilian DOE employee, or a civilian DOE contractor employee, who was present for a number of workdays aggregating at least 250 workdays during the mining of tunnels at a DOE facility (as defined in ? 30.5(x)) located in Nevada or Alaska for tests or experiments related to an atomic weapon, and has been diagnosed with chronic silicosis (as defined in ? 30.5(j)); or
(b) The employee has been diagnosed with an injury, illness, impairment or disease that arose as a consequence of the accepted chronic silicosis.
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