KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.
Bernie Hatfield (Hatfield), a sixty-nine year old former coal miner, appealed the judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky affirming the denial of black lung benefits by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Hatfield filed his application for black lung benefits pursuant to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, 30 U.S.C. § 923(b) on December 14, 1971. This application...
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