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28 CFR §79.42

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To establish eligibility for compensation under this subpart, a claimant or eligible surviving beneficiary must establish each of the following:
  1. (a)The claimant was employed as a miner in a specified state;
  2. (b)The claimant was so employed at any time during the period beginning on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 1971;
  3. (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
  4. (d)The claimant contracted lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory disease following such exposure.