The Board also found that “the disability for which claim is made did not result from exposure to radiation in the course of employment” and that the Bureau's rejection of appellant's claim was proper. The Board further stated: PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED There is no indication that she had any significant exposure 10 radium. Moreover, her personal physician’s records, as well as extensive medical examinations during 1966 and 1968, do not establish that appellant has or had an organic condition traceable to radium exposure. CASE NO. 48 and Department of the Navy In the Matter of 20 ECAB 330 Type of injury: Contracture of Hand. ECA B's Decision: Denial Affirmed. Date of Decision: 1969. “Appellant's Allegation: That the contracture of his right hand was causally related to his employment exposure to radiation. Facts: On a prior appeal, in a decision issued January E1, 1966, (17 ECAB 264, Volume V, page 78, Studies in Workmen's Compensation and Radiation Injury, AEC 1969) the Appeals Board affirmed a determination by the Bureau of Employees’ Compensation that appellant did not sustain a compensable disability as a result of his exposure to radiation at work, and that the contracture of his right hand following amputation of the right index finger after a nonemployment-related injury in 1963 did not result from the radiation exposure, In 1968 appellant petitioned the BEC to reopen the case based on submitted statements by two physicians: one physician’s statement reported a diagnosis of “radiation effect’’ but contained no other information or explanation. The other physician stated thae appellant had a contraction and fixation of the wrist and fingers of the ‘right hand due to radioactive contamination, but did not submit any medical rationale for the opinion. Medical Evidence: Appellant was examined by a Board certified internist. The diagnoses were arteriosclerotic heart disease with angina, diabetes, borderline low white blood count and platelet count without significant hematological disease, causalgia of the right arm with amputation of the right index finger, mild organic brain syndrome, obstruction of the left common carotid circulation, early bilateral senile cataracts, nystagmus secondary to a cerebrovascular accident, dermatitis of the left wrist compatible with neurodermatitis, angiokeratoma of the scrotum, a keratotic lesion of the nose compatible with senile keratosis, and bilateral tines pedis. Bone marrow and urine tests were nondiagnostic. An examination for residual radioactivity revealed minimal presence of radium consistent with past exposure. Appellant had his right arm in a cast and complained of pain in the right arm when the fingers of the right had were touched lightly. The doctor stated, “While most of the current findings are consistent with physiologic aging, radiation effect 149 PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED