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§ 725.212 - Conditions of entitlement; surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse.

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An individual who is the surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse of a miner is eligible for benefits if such individual:

Is not married;

Was dependent on the miner at the pertinent time; and

The deceased miner either:

Is determined to have died due to pneumoconiosis; or

Filed a claim for benefits on or after January 1, 1982, which results or resulted in a final award of benefits, and the surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse filed a claim for benefits after January 1, 2005 which was pending on or after March 23, 2010.

If more than one spouse meets the conditions of entitlement prescribed in paragraph (a), then each spouse will be considered a beneficiary for purposes of section 412(a)(2) of the Act without regard to the existence of any other entitled spouse or spouses.

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