[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR30.222]

[Page 94-95]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 30_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 
ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Eligibility Criteria
 
Sec. 30.222  How does a claimant establish that the employee has been 

diagnosed with chronic silicosis or has sustained a consequential 
injury, illness or disease?

    (a) A written diagnosis of the employee's chronic silicosis (as 
defined in Sec. 30.5(j)) shall be made by a medical doctor and 
accompanied by one of the following:
    (1) A chest radiograph, interpreted by an individual certified by 
the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health as a B reader, 
classifying the existence of pneumoconioses of category 1/0 or higher; 
or
    (2) Results from a computer assisted tomograph or other imaging 
technique that are consistent with silicosis; or
    (3) Lung biopsy findings consistent with silicosis.
    (b) An injury, illness, impairment or disability sustained as a 
consequence of accepted chronic silicosis covered by the provisions of 
Sec. 30.220(a) must be established with a fully rationalized medical 
report by a physician that shows the relationship between the injury, 
illness, impairment or disability and the accepted chronic silicosis. 
Neither the fact that the injury, illness,

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impairment or disability manifests itself after a diagnosis of accepted 
chronic silicosis, nor the belief of the claimant that the injury, 
illness, impairment or disability was caused by the accepted chronic 
silicosis, is sufficient in itself to prove a causal relationship.

           Eligibility Criteria for Certain Uranium Employees