Atomic Veterans Related Articles

["Michael P. Grissom" <mpg1@coastside.net>]

radsafe'rs,

The following are items from recent issues of the American
Legion Magazine:

"Ionizing Radiation

 Factors determining service-connection compensation for
 veterans exposed to ionizing radiation include the amount
 of radiation exposure, duration of exposure, and elapsed
 time between exposure and onset of the disease.

 The conditions presumed to be service-connected are all
 forms of leukemia (except chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
 and cancer of the thyroid, breast, pharynx, esophagus,
 stomach, small intestine, pancreas, bile ducts, gall
 bladder, salivary gland, urinary tract, multiple myeloma,
 and primary liver cancer and lymphomas (other than Hodgkin's
 disease)."