[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]



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                      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, impairment 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 

NIOSH 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 disease 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 disease and the accepted chronic silicosis. 

Neither the fact that the injury, illness, impairment or disease 

manifests itself after a diagnosis of accepted chronic silicosis, nor 

the belief of the claimant that the injury, illness, impairment or 

disease was caused by the accepted chronic silicosis, is sufficient in 

itself to prove a causal relationship.



   Eligibility Criteria for Certain Uranium Employees Under Part B of 

                                 EEOICPA