medical information with regard to the exposure to diagnostic X-rays, which is of small dosage and, over a period of many years, and thus producing no known leukemogenic effect, establishes that the veteran's leukemia cannot be ascribed to the radiation received in military service. CASE NO. 9 Type of injury: Acute Lymphatic Leukemia. ©§£ Mie t BVA’s Decision: Denial Affirmed. Date of Decision: 1970. -_ Appellant’s Allegation: That the acute lymphatic leukemia which caused the veteran’s death could have resulted from his being exposed to radiation sometime in November 1945 while he visited Hiroshima, and subsequently from souvenirs (glass) picked up at the time of this visit. Facts: The veteran served from January 1945 to January 1946 when he was honorably discharged by reason of demobilization. Compliants of, treatment for, or a notation of symptoms characteristic of leukemia were not reported in service or at separation therefrom. Visual acuity at induction and at discharge was 20/20 bilaterally. He made a sightseeing trip in company with others to Hiroshima, apparently on November 6, 1945, although at various times in the claim this trip was stated to have been made in October. On October 2, 1951, the veteran was examined at a Veterans Administration Center and found to have visual acuity of 20/40 in the right eye, 20/50 in the left eye with posterior subcapsular cataracts in both eyes, most marked on the left. In January of 1952 his vision was 20/200 in each eye with definite cataract. On April 2, 1952 the veteran was hospitalized and an intracapsular cataract extraction was performed on the left eye. On November 7, 1952 the veteran was rejected for employment because of poor to absent vision with a cataract present in the right eye and the left eye postoperative from removal of cataract. A February #2, 1953 report of a special eye examination at a [veteran's hospital] , showed 20/200 in the right eye, 20/20 with correction in the left eye. In April of 1946 the veteran was found to have secondary anemia with a hemoglobin of 70% and a red colint of 3,850,000. His white cell count was 5,250 (within normal timits). The differential count showed polymorphonuclear .leukocytes 54%, small lymphocytes 32%, large lymphocytes 16% and eosinophils 2%. In September 1951, the veteran applied for pension stating, among other things, that since 1951 he was totally disabled by reason of cataracts. The veteran was seen several times by doctors between April 1946 and February of 1953. During this time there was no evidence of acute or other form of leukemia. On February 12, 1953, he was examined at a Veterans Administration Center with regard to defective vision and chronic lumbosacral atrain. There was no evidence of leukemia at this time also. 38 39