Peabody Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge.

Peabody Coal Company (Peabody) petitions for review of the Benefits Review Board’s (Board) grant of Petitioner Eva Hill’s (Hill) second claim for survivor benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-44, as amended by § 1556 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Pub.L. No. 111-148, § 1556, 124 Stat. 119 (2010). We deny the petition.

Hill is the widow of Arthur Hill, who passed away in May 2000 after working as a miner for forty-one years. Hill first filed a claim for survivor benefits on June 19, 2000. The Board denied…