Section 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
  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.