TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Marvin S. Martin, the appellant, worked as a coal miner for thirty-three years, ending in 1979. On January 3, 1980, he applied for black lung benefits under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (the Act), 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-945 (1982 & Supp. IV 1986), and the regulations promulgated thereunder, 20 C.F.R. §§ 410, 718, 725, 727 (1988). Martin claimed that he had contracted pneumoconiosis, a form of lung disease...
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