{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-725.218","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 725.218","heading":"Conditions of entitlement; child.","body":"(a) An individual is entitled to benefits where he or she meets the required standards of relationship and dependency under this subpart (see § 725.220 and § 725.221) and is the child of a deceased miner who:\n(1) Is determined to have died due to pneumoconiosis; or\n(2) Filed a claim for benefits on or after January 1, 1982, which results or resulted in a final award of benefits, and the surviving child filed a claim for benefits after January 1, 2005 which was pending on or after March 23, 2010.\n(b) A child is not entitled to benefits for any month for which a miner, or the surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse of a miner, establishes entitlement to benefits.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER B—FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED","PART 725—CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, AS AMENDED","Subpart B—Persons Entitled to Benefits, Conditions, and Duration of Entitlement"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"78ba3881a704c9682bb3e3ed2677f9b30244611da1620e252378df07474f2e2c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-725.217","next":"us/20-cfr-725.219"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}