20 CFR 702.604
§ 702.604 Determining the amount of compensation for occupational disease claims which become manifest after retirement.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 702.604, § 702.604 Determining the amount of compensation for occupational disease claims which become manifest after retirement, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/81970
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(a) If the claim is for disability benefits and the time of injury occurs after the employee has retired, compensation shall be 66 2/3 percent of the payrate, as determined under § 702.603, times the disability, as determined according to § 702.601(b).
(b) If the claim is for death benefits and the time of injury occurs after the decedent has retired, compensation shall be the percent specified in section 9 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 909, times the payrate determined according to § 702.603. Total weekly death benefits shall not exceed one fifty-second part of the decedent's average annual earnings during the fifty-two week period preceding retirement, such benefits shall be subject to the limitation provided for in section 6(b)(1) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 906(b)(1).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.