Enclosure 6
VA CLAIMS
The Veterans Administration is authorized by law to provide
medical care and to pay disability compensation to veterans
who develop disease or who have disability, under certain
conditions.
Some of the conditions follow:
(or
1.
The disability must have been suffered or aggravated
the disease contracted)
while
the veteran was serving
in the line of duty in the active military,
service.
2.
naval, or air
The veteran must have been discharged or released
from service under conditions other
than disnonorabile.
If a veteran develops certain chronic diseases within one
year of discharge or release, the disease is considered
to have originated while on active duty.
In cases of claims
alleging that current malignancies were caused by radiation
exposures while on active duty many years ago, the VA must
consider many factors.
Among them are:
l.
The magnitude of the exposure and associated con-
2.
Total lifetime radiation exposure from other sources,
3.
Current scientific knowledge concerning the long-
4.
The earliest manifestation of relatable disability.
ditions and circumstances.
as well as exposure to other environmental conditions,
sometimes can be extensive.
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term biomedical effects of exposures to ionizing radiation.
The most complete information possible to obtain will expedite the processing of any claim.
More details may be
obtained through regional VA offices.
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