20 CFR § 30.226 - How does a claimant establish that a covered uranium employee has sustained a consequential injury, illness, impairment or disease?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s30.226"
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title: "20 CFR § 30.226 - How does a claimant establish that a covered uranium employee has sustained a consequential injury, illness, impairment or disease?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "30.226"
section_name: "How does a claimant establish that a covered uranium employee has sustained a consequential injury, illness, impairment or disease?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000"
part_number: "30"
part_name: "CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; 42 U.S.C. 7384d, 7384t, 7384u and 7385s-10; Executive Order 13179, 65 FR 77487, 3 CFR, 2000 Comp., p. 321; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 78534, Dec. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 30.226 How does a claimant establish that a covered uranium employee has sustained a consequential injury, illness, impairment or disease?

An injury, illness, impairment or disease sustained as a consequence of a medical condition covered by the provisions of § 30.225(a) must be established with a fully rationalized medical report by a physician that shows the relationship between the injury, illness, impairment or disease and the accepted medical condition. Neither the fact that the injury, illness, impairment or disease manifests itself after a diagnosis of a medical condition covered by the provisions of § 30.225(a), nor the belief of the claimant that the injury, illness, impairment or disease was caused by such a condition, is sufficient in itself to prove a causal relationship.