Halon v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

The Administrator of the Estate of Bertha Kubilus, widow of George Kubilus, *31whom she claims was a coal miner, petitions for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board affirming the decision of an administrative law judge denying her claim for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-945 (1976). Petitioner claims (1) that the administrative law judge erred in depriving her of the benefits of a presumption of total disability; (2) that he erred in finding that she failed to establish that George Kubilus had ten years of coal…