§ 165. Reopening of disallowed claims. The board, upon receiving a
statement duly filed as required under section one hundred sixty-two of
this article, from a participant in World Trade Center rescue, recovery
and clean-up operations for a qualifying condition that was disallowed
as barred by section eighteen or section twenty-eight of this chapter or
by section one hundred sixty-two of this article for failure to register
timely shall reopen and redetermine such claim in accordance with the
provisions of this article, provided that no such previously disallowed
claim for a qualifying condition shall be determined to have a date of
disablement that would bar the claim under section eighteen or section
twenty-eight of this chapter.