TITLE 20 - EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

CHAPTER III - SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

PART 410 - FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, TITLE IV - BLACK LUNG BENEFITS (1969- )

subpart b - REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTITLEMENT; DURATION OF ENTITLEMENT; FILING OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

410.224 - Claimant must be alive when claim is filed.

For a claim to be effective, the claimant must be alive at the time a properly executed claim (see 410.222) is filed with the Administration (see 410.227). (See 410.229 and 410.230 concerning the filing of a prescribed application form after submittal of a written statement.)