[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR410.216]

[Page 608-609]
 
                      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	 )--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B_Requirements for Entitlement; Duration of Entitlement; Filing 
                         of Claims and Evidence
 
Sec. 410.216  ``Good cause'' for delayed filing of proof of support.

    (a) What constitutes ``good cause.'' Good cause may be found for 
failure to file proof of support within the 2-year period where the 
parent, brother, or sister establishes to the satisfaction of the 
Administration that such failure to file was due to:
    (1) Circumstances beyond the individual's control, such as extended 
illness, mental or physical incapacity, or communication difficulties; 
or
    (2) Incorrect or incomplete information furnished the individual by 
the Administration; or
    (3) Efforts by the individual to secure supporting evidence without 
a realization that such evidence could be submitted after filing proof 
of support; or
    (4) Unusual or unavoidable circumstances, the nature of which 
demonstrate that the individual could not reasonably be expected to have 
been aware of the need to file timely the proof of support.
    (b) What does not constitute ``good cause.'' Good cause for failure 
to file timely such proof of support does not exist when there is 
evidence of record in the Administration that the individual was 
informed that he should file

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within the initial 2-year period and he failed to do so through 
negligence or intent not to file.

[37 FR 20637, Sept. 30, 1972]