Presumptive Disability for

Radiation Exposure

Atomic Veteran's Presumptive List

Radiation Exposure Presumptive Disability

If you were exposed during your time of service to Ionizing radiation, or served in specific areas during designated time periods, and have been diagnosed with one of the conditions listed below, you may be eligible for presumptive disability based on Radiation Exposure.  This presumptive disability includes veterans who participated in nuclear testing, cleanup, and radiation-risk activity.

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Locations and Times

You were part of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing

You were within 10 miles of Hiroshima or Nagasaki between August 4, 1945, and July 1, 1946

You were exposed to radiation from underground nuclear tests on Amchitka Island, AK before January 1, 1974

You were a POW in Japan within 75 miles of Hiroshima or 150 miles of Nagasaki, worked within those areas, or were repatriated through the port of Nagasaki between August 6, 1945, and July 1, 1946

You were 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

You 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

You 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

You participated in the 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)

Conditions for Atomic Veterans and Radiation Exposure

Leukemia, DC 7703 (except chronic lymphocytic leukemia)

Thyroid cancer, DC 7901, 7902, or 7919

Breast cancer, DC 7627

  • Pharynx (throat) cancer, DC 7343

Esophageal cancer, DC 7343

Stomach cancer, DC 7343

Small intestine cancer, DC 7343

Pancreatic cancer, DC 7343

Multiple myeloma, either DC 7709 or 7703

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas, DC 7715

Bile duct cancer, DC 7343

Gallbladder cancer, DC 7343

Primary liver cancer, DC 7343 (except if there is cirrhosis or hepatitis B)

  • Salivary gland cancer, DC 7343
  • Genitourinary cancer, DC 7528

Bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma, DC 6819

Bone cancer, DC 5012

Brain cancer, DC 8002

Colon cancer, DC 7343

Lung cancer, DC 6819

Ovarian cancer, DC 7627