title: Legal aspects of impairment and disability in pneumoconiosis.
abstract: This chapter analyzes and explains the meanings, under the federal Black Lung program, of the terms impairment, disability, and pneumoconiosis. To accomplish this objective, this chapter reviews the regulations and administrative and judicial decisions made under the Black Lung Act, and for comparison, it refers to definitions given to, or applications made of, those terms in other jurisdictions and programs.
authors.affiliation: Ceisler Richman Smith Law Firm, Washington, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Richman
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003032:Coal Mining / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000150:complications*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014768:Virginia; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*