[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: 20CFR410.231]

[Page 613]
 
                      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. 410.231  Time limits for filing claims.

    (a) A claim by or on behalf of a miner must be filed on or before 
December 31, 1973, and when so filed, is a claim for benefits under part 
B of title IV of the Act. (See Sec. 410.227 for when a claim is 
considered to have been filed. See also Sec. 410.202(c) for the 
duration of entitlement to benefits of a miner based on a claim for such 
benefits which is filed after June 30, 1973, and before January 1, 
1974.)
    (b) In the case of a miner who was entitled to benefits for the 
month before the month of his death, or died in the first month for 
which he met all the requirements for entitlement (see Sec. 410.226), a 
claim for benefits by or on behalf of the widow, child, parent, brother, 
or sister of a miner must be filed by December 31, 1973, or within 6 
months after the miner's death, whichever is later. When so filed, it 
constitutes a claim for benefits under part B of title IV of the Act.
    (c) In the case of a miner who was not entitled to benefits for the 
month before the month of his death, and whose death occurred prior to 
January 1, 1974, a claim for benefits by or on behalf of the widow, 
child, parent, brother, or sister of a miner must be filed by December 
31, 1973, or, in the case of the death of a miner occurring after June 
30, 1973, and before January 1, 1974, within 6 months of such miner's 
death. When so filed, it constitutes a claim for benefits under part B 
of title IV of the Act.
    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 
section, if a widow established entitlement to benefits under this part 
(see Sec. 410.210), a claim by or on behalf of a surviving child of a 
miner or of such widow, must be filed within 6 months after the death of 
such miner or of such widow, or by December 31, 1973, whichever is the 
later.

[37 FR 20637, Sept. 30, 1972]