C.F.R. » Title 20 » CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › SUBCHAPTER B—FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED › PART 718—STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING COAL MINERS' TOTAL DISABILITY OR DEATH DUE TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS › Subpart C—Determining Entitlement to Benefits

20 C.F.R. § 718.206

Effect of findings by persons or agencies

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Decisions, statements, reports, opinions, or the like, of agencies, organizations, physicians or other individuals, about the existence, cause, and extent of a miner's disability, or the cause of a miner's death, are admissible. If properly submitted, such evidence shall be considered and given the weight to which it is entitled as evidence under all the facts before the adjudication officer in the claim.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1988–2004 · leading case: Dorothy v. Collins v. Old Ben Coal Co. & Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 861 F.2d 481 (7th Cir. 1988).
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Dorothy v. Collins v. Old Ben Coal Co. & Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 861 F.2d 481 (7th Cir. 1988). · cites it 3× “” It further provides: “If properly submitted, such evidence shall be con *488 sidered and given the weight to which it is entitled as evidence under all the facts before the adjudication officer in the claim.”
Consolidation Coal Co. v. Kramer, 305 F.3d 203 (3rd Cir. 2002). “See 20 C.F.R. § 718.206 ; Kertesz v. Crescent Hills Coal Co.”
Cannelton Indus., Inc. v. Frye, 93 F. App'x 551 (4th Cir. 2004). “at 1326 (noting that 20 C.F.R. § 718.206 “delegated] discretion to the ALJ to determine the weight to which a doctor’s opinion is entitled under all the facts of the case”).”
Dickens v. Peabody Coal Co. (4th Cir. 1997). “20 C.F.R. § 718.206 (1996); Moseley v. Peabody Coal Co.”
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