Homer R. Sykes v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor and Itmann Coal Company, a Corporation

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• holding that Board's position that (b)(2) rebuttal may be established with proof that miner is not totally disabled for pulmonary or respiratory reasons is \belied by the words of the regulation\
• \A mere finding of 'no impairment' ... cannot be equated with a finding that a claimant can continue to perform [his usual] coal mining work\
• in the context of (b)(2) rebuttal, \mere finding of 'no impairment' ... cannot be equated with a finding that a claimant can continue to perform coal mining work.\
• 20 C.F.R. § 727.203(b)(2) addresses whole-man dis- ability vel non; questions of causation are relevant only to § 727.203(b)(3), under which the respondent must \rule out\ any connec- tion between pneumoconiosis and disability
• petition for reh'g denied June 22, 1987

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