20 CFR § 718.107 - Other medical evidence.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s718.107"
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title: "20 CFR § 718.107 - Other medical evidence."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "718.107"
section_name: "Other medical evidence."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED"
part_number: "718"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING COAL MINERS' TOTAL DISABILITY OR DEATH DUE TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901  902(f), 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901  42 U.S.C. 405; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 13678, Feb. 29, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "718"
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# 718.107 Other medical evidence.

(a) The results of any medically acceptable test or procedure reported by a physician and not addressed in this subpart, which tends to demonstrate the presence or absence of pneumoconiosis, the sequelae of pneumoconiosis or a respiratory or pulmonary impairment, may be submitted in connection with a claim and shall be given appropriate consideration.

(b) The party submitting the test or procedure pursuant to this section bears the burden to demonstrate that the test or procedure is medically acceptable and relevant to establishing or refuting a claimant's entitlement to benefits.