§ 722.118 - Medical evidence.

No State workmen's compensation law shall be included on the Secretary's list unless such law or regulations promulgated thereunder provide that no claim shall be denied solely on the basis of a chest roentgenogram and, that in determining the validity of claims all evidence shall be considered, including, where relevant, medical tests such as blood gas studies, X-ray examination, electrocardiogram, pulmonary function studies, or physical performance tests, and any medical history, evidence pertaining to future employability, evidence submitted by a miner's physician, or a miner's wife's affidavits, and in the case of a deceased miner, autopsy, biopsy, or other appropriate affidavits of persons with knowledge of the miner's physical condition, and any other supportive materials.