James F. Collins v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, and the Benefits Review Board

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

James F. Collins (“claimant”) petitions for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board, affirming certain determinations made by an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). The AU’s decision was made following, a hearing on Collins’ application for disability benefits pursuant to the Black Lung Benefits Act (the “Act”), 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq. Both the ALJ and the Benefits Review Board concluded that Collins was not entitled to benefits because he could not establish either through direct evidence or through regulatory presumptions that his disabling pneumoconiosis…