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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 8

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 19 Chapter 8 Resource Development

8.6.5.A.2 Persons Who May Receive Benefits The following individuals may receive Occupational Pneumoconiosis benefits: • Persons who are disabled from occupational pneumoconiosis. • The spouse of the person described in item 1 above. • Dependent children under age 18, if the primary wage earner died of occupational pneumoconiosis. • Dependent children between the ages of 18 – 22, if full-time students, or over the age of 18, if they are disabled and the father died of pneumoconiosis. • In certain cases, a dependent parent. 8.6.5.B Compensation for Injury or Occupational Disease 8.6.5.B.1 Requirements for Coverage In order to receive benefits, the individual must have been injured on the job during the last two years while working for an employer who has paid into Worker's Compensation Fund. 8.6.5.B.2 Persons Who May Receive Benefits The following individuals may receive compensation for injury or occupational disease benefits: • A worker injured on the job while working for an employer who has paid into the Worker's Compensation Fund. • Surviving spouses of a worker who died as a result of a work-related injury. • Dependent children under 18, if one of their parents died from a work-related injury. • Dependent children ages 18 – 22, if they are full-time students, or over 18, if they are disabled and the parents died from a work-related injury. • In certain cases, a dependent father or mother.