Title 20, Part 718 — Standards for Determining Coal Miners' Total Disability or Death Due to Pneumoconiosis

Statutory provisions.

Applicability of this part.

Scope and intent of this part.

Definitions and use of terms.

Incorporations by reference.

General.

Chest radiographs (X-rays).

Pulmonary function tests.

Report of physical examinations.

Arterial blood-gas studies.

Autopsy; biopsy.

Other medical evidence.

Definition of pneumoconiosis.

Determining the existence of pneumoconiosis.

Establishing relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment.

Total disability and disability causation defined; criteria for determining total disability and total disability due to pneumoconiosis.

Death due to pneumoconiosis.

Effect of findings by persons or agencies.

Establishing length of employment as a miner.

Relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment.

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Irrebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis.

Presumption of pneumoconiosis.

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