[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: 20CFR410.224]

[Page 611]
 
                      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. 410.224  Claimant must be alive when claim is filed.

    For a claim to be effective, the claimant must be alive at the time 
a properly executed claim (see Sec. 410.222) is filed with the 
Administration (see Sec. 410.227). (See Sec. Sec. 410.229 and 410.230 
concerning the filing of a prescribed application form after submittal 
of a written statement.)