[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.)