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) > 410.224—Claimant must be alive when claim is filed.

410.224—Claimant must be alive when claim is filed.

For a claim to be effective, the claimant must be alive at the time a properly executed claim (see § 410.222) is filed with the Administration (see § 410.227 ). (See §§ 410.229 and 410.230 concerning the filing of a prescribed application form after submittal of a written statement.)