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COLEMAN v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WKRS' COMP. PROGRAMS

No. 86-3610.

829 F.2d 3 (1987)

Bertha COLEMAN (Widow of Avery Coleman), Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS and United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

July 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Dixon (argued), Barbourville, Ky., for petitioner.

Benefits Review Bd., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Michael J. Denney (argued), Thomas L. Holzman, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Before KENNEDY and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner Bertha Coleman, wife of deceased coal miner Avery Coleman, petitions for review of the decision of the Benefits Review Board (Board) denying her claim for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq. Petitioner argues that the medical evidence of record is not relevant to the question of whether her husband had been totally disabled from pneumoconiosis, and that the Board should therefore have determined...

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