[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR30.222]

[Page 99]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 30_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 
 
                     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