Table 5.

Number of NTPR responses to VA claims relevant
to the atmospheric nuclear detonations.

VA Radiation Exposure Claims

Number of NTPR Responses

Possibly Radiogenic

736

Non-Radiogenic

1,566

Total

2,302

Approved by VA
Table 6.

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Number of responses by U.S. military service to VA
claims that might be radiogenic.

Possibly Radiogenic
Leukemia

Navy

Army

Air Force

Marine Corps’

Total

37

30

8

6

81

Thyroid Cancer

4

4

1

1

10 *

Female Breast Cancer

0

0

0

0

0

Lung Cancer

88

75

30

25

218

Bone Cancer

9

5

1

2

17

Liver Cancer

3

7

7

4

21

115

61

38

19

233

3

15

Skin Cancer
Esophageal Cancer

5

Stomach Cancer

8

6

5

0

19

30

18

12

8

68

Pancreatic Cancer

6

4

2

2

14

Kidney Cancer

9

14

4

0

27

Urinary Bladder Cancer

14

8

11

5

38

Salivary Gland Cancer

2

2

0

2

6

10

li

4

2

27

340

251

124

79

794%

Colon Cancer

Multiple Myeloma

Total

*Of the 736 claimants, 46 had more than one illness that might be radiogenic.

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