Radiation Exposure

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participated in onsite nuclear testing, including presence at the test site, on ships, aircraft or equipment in support of the nuclear test, at the nuclear test site within 6 months after the test, or participated in the decontamination of equipment used during a nuclear test

2. was within 10 miles of Hiroshima or Nagasaki between August 4, 1945 and July 1, 1946

3. was a prisoner of war in Japan within 75 miles of Hiroshima or 150 miles of Nagaskai, worked within those areas, or were repatriated through the port of Nagasaki between August 6, 1945 and July 1, 1946

4. was monitored with a dosimetry badge for radiation exposure on the grounds of a gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, KY, Portsmouth, OH, or K25 at Oak Ridge, TN for at least 250 days before February 1, 1992

5. performed a job with as much exposure as a dosimetry badge monitor on the grounds of a gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, KY, Portsmouth, OH, or K25 at Oak Ridge, TN for at least 250 days before February 1, 1992

6. was exposed to radiation from underground nuclear tests on Amchitka Island, AK before January 1, 1974

7. served in the garrison or maintenance forces at Eniwetok from June 21, 1951 to July 1, 1952 or August 7, 1956 to August 7, 1957 or November 1, 1958 to April 30, 1959

8. participated in cleanup activities or nuclear responses in Palomares, Spain (between January 17, 1966 and March 31, 1967), Thule, Greenland (between January 21, 1968 and September 25, 1968), and Enewetak Atoll (between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 1980)

The following conditions qualify if they are manifest at any time to any degree:

Leukemia, code 7703 (any except chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
Thyroid cancer, code 7901, 7902, or 7919
Breast cancer, code 7627
Pharynx cancer, code 7343
Esophageal cancer, code 7343
Stomach cancer, code 7343

Small intestine cancer, code 7343
Pancreatic cancer, code 7343
Multiple myeloma, either code 7709 or 7703
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas, code 7715
Bile duct cancer, code 7343
Gallbladder cancer, code 7343

Primary liver cancer, code 7343 (except if there is cirrhosis or hepatitis B)
Salivary gland cancer, code 7343
Genitourinary cancer, code 7528
Bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma, code 6819
Bone cancer, code 5012
Brain cancer, code 8002

Colon cancer, code 7343
Lung cancer, code 6819
Ovarian cancer, code 7627

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