28 CFR § 79.52 - Criteria for eligibility for claims by uranium millers.

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title: "28 CFR § 79.52 - Criteria for eligibility for claims by uranium millers."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "79.52"
section_name: "Criteria for eligibility for claims by uranium millers."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "79"
part_name: "CLAIMS UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT"
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authority: "Secs. 6(a), 6(i) and 6(j), Pub. L. 101-426, 104 Stat. 920, as amended by secs. 3(c)-(h), Pub. L. 106-245, 114 Stat. 501 and sec. 11007, Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1758 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; 5 U.S.C. 500(b))."
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# 79.52 Criteria for eligibility for claims by uranium millers.

To establish eligibility for compensation under this subpart, a claimant or eligible surviving beneficiary of a claimant must establish each of the following:

(a) The claimant was employed as a miller in a specified state;

(b) The claimant was so employed for at least one year (12 consecutive or cumulative months) during the period beginning on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 1971; and

(c) The claimant contracted primary lung cancer, a nonmalignant respiratory disease, primary renal cancer, or chronic renal disease (including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury) following at least one year of such employment.