Title 28

PART 79 SUBPART C

Subpart C - Eligibility Criteria for Claims Relating to Certain Specified Diseases Contracted After Exposure in an Affected Area (“Downwinders”)

• Secs. 6(a), 6(i) and 6(j), Pub. L. 101-426, 104 Stat. 920, as amended by secs. 3(c)-(h), Pub. L. 106-245, 114 Stat. 501 and sec. 11007, Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1758 (42 U.S.C. 2210 note; 5 U.S.C. 500(b)).
• Order No. 2711-2004, 69 FR 13634, Mar. 23, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

28:2.0.1.1.31.3.1.1	SECTION 79.20	79.20 Scope of subpart.
28:2.0.1.1.31.3.1.2	SECTION 79.21	79.21 Definitions.
28:2.0.1.1.31.3.1.3	SECTION 79.22	79.22 Criteria for eligibility for claims relating to certain specified diseases contracted after exposure in an affected area (“downwinders”).
28:2.0.1.1.31.3.1.4	SECTION 79.23	79.23 Proof of physical presence for the requisite period.
28:2.0.1.1.31.3.1.5	SECTION 79.24	79.24 Proof of initial or first exposure after age 20 for claims under § 79.22(b)(1).
28:2.0.1.1.31.3.1.6	SECTION 79.25	79.25 Proof of onset of leukemia at least two years after first exposure, and proof of onset of a specified compensable disease more than five years after first exposure.
28:2.0.1.1.31.3.1.7	SECTION 79.26	79.26 Proof of medical condition.
28:2.0.1.1.31.3.1.8	SECTION 79.27	79.27 Indication of the presence of hepatitis B or cirrhosis.

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