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 725—CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, AS AMENDED › Subpart D—Adjudication Officers; Parties and Representatives

20 C.F.R. § 725.350

Who are the adjudication officers?

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(a) General. The persons authorized by the Secretary of Labor to accept evidence and decide claims on the basis of such evidence are called “adjudication officers.” This section describes the status of black lung claims adjudication officers.

(b) District Director. The district director is that official of the DCMWC or his designee who is authorized to perform functions with respect to the development, processing, and adjudication of claims in accordance with this part.

(c) Administrative law judge. An administrative law judge is that official appointed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3105 (or Public Law 94-504) who is qualified to preside at hearings under 5 U.S.C. 557 and is empowered by the Secretary to conduct formal hearings with respect to, and adjudicate, claims in accordance with this part. A person appointed under Public Law 94-504 shall not be considered an administrative law judge for purposes of this part for any period after March 1, 1979.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case: Robert L. Blevins v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 683 F.2d 139 (6th Cir. 1982).
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Robert L. Blevins v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 683 F.2d 139 (6th Cir. 1982). “See generally 20 C.F.R. §§ 725.350 -.483. Section 21(a) of the LHWCA, 33 U.”
Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor v. Albert Brodka, 643 F.2d 159 (3d Cir. 1981). “See 20 C.F.R. § 725.350 (b) and 20 C.F.R. § 725.”
Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs v. Oglebay Norton Co., 877 F.2d 1300 (6th Cir. 1989). “20 C.F.R. § 725.350 . . The Black Lung Disability Trust Fund was established by the Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977 "to provide a more effective means of transferring the responsibility for the payment of benefits from the Federal government to the coal industry_” 20 C.”
Wellmore Coal Corp. v. James R. Stiltner Dir., 81 F.3d 490 (4th Cir. 1996). “See 20 C.F.R. §§ 725.350 (b), 725.351(a). "Deputy commissioners” are now called "district directors.”
Comp. Dep't of Dist. Five v. Marshall, 667 F.2d 336 (3d Cir. 1981). “See generally 20 C.F.R. §§ 725.350 -.483. Finally, any party dissatisfied with the BRB’s disposition of the case “may obtain a review of that order in the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which the injury occurred.”
BrickStreet Mut. Ins. v. DOWCP, No. 18-1190 (4th Cir. Apr. 24, 2019). “See 20 C.F.R. § 725.350 (b). The District Director is “a person .”
Scalia v. Chevron Mining, Inc., No. 4:20-cv-00010 (W.D. Ky. June 21, 2021). “Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Division of Coal Mine Workers’ Compensation (DN 16 PageID 43 n.”
Scalia v. Chevron Mining, Inc., No. 4:20-cv-00010 (W.D. Ky. Sept. 10, 2021). “Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Division of Coal Mine Workers’ Compensation (DN 16 PageID 43 n.”
Hobet Mining, Inc. v. DOWCP, No. 23-2157 (4th Cir. Oct. 1, 2025). “1 20 C.F.R. § 725.350 . Second, if a party appeals that decision to the Office of Administrative Law Judges and 1 Importantly, in addition to the district director, the regulations also identify the Director of the Department’s Office of Workers’ Compensation, who we will…”
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