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 d - TOTAL DISABILITY OR DEATH DUE TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS

410.450 - Death due to pneumoconiosis, including statutory presumption.

Benefits are provided under the Act to the eligible survivor of a coal miner who was entitled to benefits at the time of his death, or whose death is determined to have been due to pneumoconiosis. (For benefits to the eligible survivors of a miner who is determined to have been totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis at the time of his death, regardless of the cause of death, see 410.410 through 410.430.) Except as otherwise provided in 410.454 through 410.462, the claimant must submit the evidence necessary to establish that the miner's death was due to pneumoconiosis and that the pneumoconiosis arose out of employment in the Nation's coal mines.