(a) This part sets forth the procedures to be followed and
standards to be applied in filing, processing, adjudicating, and paying
claims filed under part C of title IV of the Act.
(b) This part applies to all claims filed under part C of title IV
of the Act on or after August 18, 1978 and shall also apply to claims
that were pending on August 18, 1978.
(c) The provisions of this part reflect revisions that became
effective on January 19, 2001. This part applies to all claims filed
after January 19, 2001 and all benefits payments made on such claims.
With the exception of the following sections, this part shall also
apply to the adjudication of claims that were pending on January 19,
2001 and all benefits payments made on such claims: Sec. Sec.
725.101(a)(31), 725.204, 725.212(b), 725.213(c), 725.214(d),
725.219(d), 725.309, 725.310, 725.351, 725.360, 725.367, 725.406,
725.407, 725.408, 725.409, 725.410, 725.411, 725.412, 725.414, 725.415,
725.416, 725.417, 725.418, 725.421(b), 725.423, 725.454, 725.456,
725.457, 725.458, 725.459, 725.465, 725.491, 725.492, 725.493, 725.494,
725.495, 725.547, 725.701(e). The version of those sections set forth
in 20 CFR, parts 500 to end, edition revised as of April 1, 1999, apply
to the adjudications of claims that were pending on January 19, 2001.
For purposes of construing the provisions of this section, a claim
shall be considered pending on January 19, 2001 if it was not finally
denied more than one year prior to that date.
