[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: 20CFR410.227]

[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. 410.227  When a claim is considered to have been filed; time and 
place of filing.

    (a) Date of receipt. Except as otherwise provided in this part, a 
claim is considered to have been filed only as of the date it is 
received at an office of the Administration or by an employee of the 
Administration who is authorized to receive such claims.
    (b) Date of mailing. If the claim is deposited in and transmitted by 
the U.S. mail and the fixing of the date of delivery as the date of 
filing would result in a loss or impairment of benefit rights, it will 
be considered to have been filed as of the date of mailing. The date 
appearing on the postmark (when available and legible) shall be prima 
facie evidence of the date of mailing. If there is no postmark or it is 
not legible, other evidence may be used to establish the mailing date.

[36 FR 23752, Dec. 14, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 20637, Sept. 30, 1972]