§ 79.42. Criteria for eligibility for claims by miners.
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/us/cfr/t28/s§ 79.42·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
To establish eligibility for compensation under this subpart, a claimant or eligible surviving beneficiary must establish each of the following:
(a)The claimant was employed as a miner in a specified state;
(b)The claimant was so employed at any time during the period beginning on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 1971;
(c)The claimant was exposed during the course of his or her mining employment to 40 or more working level months of radiation or worked for at least one year in a uranium mine or mines during the period identified in paragraph
(b)of this section; and
(d)The claimant contracted lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory disease following such exposure.