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Fourth Circuit Ruling on Black Lung Benefits by Scribd Government Docs is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document is a court case regarding whether an administrative law judge properly awarded black lung benefits to a claimant. The administrative law judge had invoked the interim presumption of pneumoconiosis based on a single positive x-ray reading. However, the results of ventilatory function studies and blood gas tests did not meet the thresholds to invoke the presumption. The administrative law judge found the presumption was not rebutted based on a perceived inconsistency in a physician
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