CFR > Title 20 - Employees' Benefits > CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION > PART 410—FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, TITLE IV—BLACK LUNG BENEFITS (1969-) > SUBPART B—Requirements for Entitlement; Duration of Entitlement; Filing of Claims and Evidence (§410.200 to §410.250) > 410.210—Conditions of entitlement; widow or surviving divorced wife.

410.210—Conditions of entitlement; widow or surviving divorced wife.

An individual is entitled to benefits if such individual:
(a) Is the widow (see § 410.320) or surviving divorced wife (see § 410.321) of a miner (see § 410.110(j) );
(b) Is not married during her initial month of entitlement (or, for months prior to May 1972, had not remarried since the miner's death);
(c) Has filed a claim for benefits in accordance with the provisions of §§ 410.220 through 410.234;
(d) Was dependent on the miner at the pertinent time (see § 410.360 or § 410.361 ); and
(e) The deceased miner:
(1) Was entitled to benefits at the time of his death; or
(2) Died before January 1, 1974, and it is determined that he was totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis at the time of his death, or that his death was due to pneumoconiosis (see subpart D of this part).

Code of Federal Regulations

[37 FR 20636, Sept. 30, 1972, as amended at 41 FR 4899, Feb. 3, 1976]