§410.470 Determination by nongovernmental organization or other governmental agency.

The decision of any nongovernmental organization or any other governmental agency that an individual is, or is not, disabled for purposes of any contract, schedule, regulation, or law, or that his death was or was not due to a particular cause, shall not be determinative of the question of whether or not an individual is totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, or was totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis. As used in this section, the term other governmental agency includes the Administration with respect to a determination or decision relating to entitlement to disability insurance benefits under section 223 of the Social Security Act, since the requirements for entitlement under the latter Act differ from those relating to benefits under this part. However, a final determination or decision that an individual is disabled for purposes of section 223 of the Social Security Act where the cause of such disability is pneumoconiosis, shall be binding on the Administration on the issue of disability with respect to claims under this part.