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Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee

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Case Number	SERVICE	SERIES CODE	CLAIM FILED? (YEAR IF YES)	STATUS OF CLAIM
1	Army	GH, B-J	NO
2	Army	GH, B-J, IVY	YES (1980)	Not rated - no radiogenic disease
3	Air Force	CSTL	NO
4	Army	GH	YES (1992)	NP-Denied
5	Air Force	GH	NO
6	Navy	CSTL	NO
7	Army	U-K	YES - 2000	NP-Denied
8	Air Force	CSTL	YES - 1990	NP-Denied
9	Navy	CSTL	YES (2) 1978 and 2000	NP-Granted
10	Navy	RW	YES - 1981	P-Granted
11	Air Force	CSTL, TP, RW	YES - 1994	NP-Denied
12	Air Force	GH	YES - 1999	NP-Denied
13	Navy	XRDS	YES - 1996	P-Granted
14	Army	TRIN	NO
15	Army	TRIN	NO
16	Air Force	HT I	NO
17	Navy	XRDS	YES - 1993	NP-Denied
18	Navy	IVY, CSTL	YES - 1990	NP-Denied
19	Army	CSTL	YES - 1994	NP-Denied
20	Army	B-J	YES -1990 & 1997 personal; 1991 VA	NP-Denied
21	Marine	U-K	YES - 1990	NP-Denied
22	Army	CSTL	YES - 1995	NP-Denied
23	Navy	B-J	YES - 1985 VARO& 1992 VA	Not rated-did not respond
24	Navy	HT I	YES - 1997	NP-Denied
25	Navy	HT I	YES	NP-Denied

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EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE (rem)	UPPER BOUND DOSE (rem)	ORGAN DOSE (rem)	TYPE OF DISEASE AS BASIS OF CLAIM	DATE OF LAST DOSE RECONSTRUCTION
1.4	1.6			Feb-2000
1.2		No calculation	Skin cancer	Feb-1983
2.6	4.1	CEDE 0.2		Jul-1997
3.5	4.1	No calculation.	Skin cancer	Jan-1993
3.8	4.4	Thyroid 2.3		Mar-1999
1.6	2.5	EDE 0.2		May-1999
1.3	1.8	Prostate 0	Prostate cancer	Sep-2000
2.3		Lung 0.5620; Bone <0.15	Lung cancer	Jul-1990
3.2	5.2	Eye 8.7; Thyroid 0.4; Forearm 55.5; Face 30.3; Head 30.3; Neck 30.3; Upper arm 3 0. 1; Back 8.5	Skin cancer, Thyroid cancer, and cataract	Dec-2000
3.3	4.6		Blood problem and bone deterioration	Mar-1996
5.6	7.9		Heart disease	Dec-1994
3	3.7	Lower leg 77.5	Basal cell carcinoma	Oct-1999
1.3	3.2	Bladder & Prostate <0.15	Bladder and Prostate	Feb-1996
10	20			Oct-1985
2.1	3.8	CEDE <0.15		Sep-1996
1.6	1.8	CEDE 0.2		Aug-1998
2.3	4.5	No calculation	Skin cancer	Mar-1994
5.7		Lung 0.58; Bone <0.15	Lung and Skin cancers	Sep-1990
4.7	7.3		Cataract	Jun-1995
0.1	0.1	Prostate <0.1	Lung disease, Prostate cancer, Basal call carcinoma, Kidney problem	Oct-1997
4.7	6.8	Colon & Bone <0.15	Colon cancer	Aug-1990
1.1	1.3	Colon 0.8	Intestinal cance	Dec-1995
0.2		Colon <0.15	Colon cancer	Jan-1994
0.5	0.5	Brain <0.1	Brain cancer	Jan-1998
1.3	1.5	Forehead 7.1; Lung 0.9	Basal cell carcinoma and lung cancer	Oct-2000

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Case Number	SERVICE	SERIES CODE	CLAIM FILED? (YEAR IF YES)	STATUS OF CLAIM
26	Navy	XRDS	YES	P-Granted
27	Marine	U-K	YES -1992	NP-Denied
28	Navy	XRDS	YES- 1996	NP-Denied
29	Army	U-K	YES-1985	NP-Denied
30	Army	U-K	YES	NP-Denied
31	Air Force	POST HT I	YES	P-Denied
32	Army	CSTL	YES - 1994 & 1995	NP-Denied
33	Army	H, N	YES	NP-Denied
34	Navy	XRDS	YES - 1995	NP-Denied
35	Navy	RW	YES - 1994	NP-Denied
36	Air Force	HT I	YES - 1980	NP-Denied
37	Army	TP, PB	YES - 2000	P-Granted
38	Air Force	CSTL	YES - 1991	NP-Denied Previously granted for skin cancer based on UV radiation
39	Navy	CSTL	YES 2000	NP-Denied
40	Army	U-K	NO
41	Navy	XRDS	YES - 1987	NP-Denied
42	Navy	RW	YES - 1996	NP-Denied
43	Army	GH	YES - 1993	NP-Denied
44	Navy	RW	NO
45	Navy	XRDS	YES - 1997	NP-grant
46	Army	DOM I	YES - 1999	Not rated -Veteran died
47	Army	IVY, CSTL	YES - 1987	NP-Denied
48	Navy	XRDS	YES	NP-Denied
49	Navy	N, XRDS	YES - 1999	NP-Denied
50	Air Force	TP	NO - NA 1993; Congress 1997	Not a participant

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EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE (rem)	UPPER BOUND DOSE (rem)	ORGAN DOSE (rem)	TYPE OF DISEASE AS BASIS OF CLAIM	DATE OF LAST DOSE RECONSTRUCTION
1.8		Bone 0.32		Jan-1989.
3.7	4.5	Lung <0.15	Lung cancer	Dec-1992
0.7	1.1	No calculation	Hodgkin’s diseases; Skin cancer; Prostate cancer	Aug-1996
2.4	3.9	No calculation	Skin cancer	Oct-1985
3.1	3.4			Dec-1999
0.1	0.1	All <0.1		Nov-1998
1.2	1.4	Colon 0.4 Liver & SI <0.15	Small Intestine cancer	Sep-1995
0	0.01	Any 0.0	?	Jun-1997
0.8	2	No calculation	Stomach problem	Aug-1995
0.8	1.1	No calculation	Skin cancer	May-1994
0.1		Colon & Bone <0.15	Colon cancer	May-1990
1.2	2.1	Red marrow (mult. Myeloma) <0.01	Multiple Myeloma	Sep-2000
1.1		Colon 0.29; Bone I <0.15; Lung 0.53	sigmoid colonic cancer, skin cancer	Nov-1991
6.8	7.3	Eye 25.5; Prostate <0.1	Cataract; Prostate cancer; moderately differentiated Adenocarcinome	Sep-2000
0.1	0.2	Face 0.3; Prostate 0	Skin Cancer mentioned	Jul-1999
1.4	1.8	Bladder <0.15	Bladder	Sep-1993
0.5	0.6	No calculation	Lung disease	Aug-1996
3.7	4.4	Colon 0.32	Colon cancer	Apr-1994
0.9	1.1	CEDE 0.2		May-1998
2.4	2.8	No calculation		May-1997
0.07	0.1	No calculation	Lung/not cancer	Apr-1996
2.8		Lung 1.1; Bone <0.15	Lung and Liver cancers	Mar-1989
1.2			Ulcer	Jun-1993
1.6	2.3	Prostate 0	Prostate cancer	Feb-2000
0.1			Eye problem	Jul-1997

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Case Number	SERVICE	SERIES CODE	CLAIM FILED? (YEAR IF YES)	STATUS OF CLAIM
51	Army	U-K	NO
52	Air Force	HT I	YES	NP-Denied
53	Navy	XRDS	YES - 1997	NP-Denied
54	Navy	RW	NO
55	Army	TP, RW	NO
56	Army	RW	NO
57	Navy	XRDS	NO
58	Air Force	RW	YES - 1994	NP-Denied
59	Navy	XRDS	YES - 1987	Not rated -veteran died
60	Air Force	GH	YES - 1981 Personal	NP-Denied
61	Army	U-K	YES	NP-Denied
62	Air Force	U-K	YES - 1995	NP-Denied
63	Air Force	HT I	YES - 1996	NP-Denied
64	Navy	XRDS	NO
65	Navy	IVY, WW	YES - 1996	NP-Denied
66	Navy	XRDS	YES	NP-Denied
67	Navy	PB	YES-1995	P-grant
68	Navy	CSTL	YES-1990	P-grant
69	Navy	HT I	NO
70	Navy	DOM I	YES	Pending
71	Navy	GH	YES - 1997	NP-Denied
72	Navy	HT I	NO
73	Navy	XRDS	YES (2) 1987, 1988, and 1993	P granted, NP denied
74	Air Force	U-K	NO
75	Army	U-K	YES	NP-Denied
76	Navy	XRDS	YES - 1990	NP-Denied
77	Army	TP	NO
78	Army	GH, IVY	YES - 1989	NP-Denied
79	Army	PB		Not Participant

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EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE (rem)	UPPER BOUND DOSE (rem)	ORGAN DOSE (rem)	TYPE OF DISEASE AS BASIS OF CLAIM	DATE OF LAST DOSE RECONSTRUCTION
2.3	3.1	CEDE <0.01		Feb-2000
1.6	1.8	No calculation		Apr-1997
1.1	1.8	Colon <0.01; Any <0.15	Colon cancer	Jan-1997
4.4	5.9		Incurable skin disease mentioned	Jul-1995
3.6	4.5		Skin cancer mentioned	Dec-1994
4.7	6.4			Mar-1995
0.55	1.2	Colon <0.15		Aug-1993
4.2	5.6	Lung 2.3	Lung cancer	Mar-1995
0.81		Colon & Bone <0.15	Colon cancer	Nov-1988
3.8	4.4	Spine <0.1		Apr-1999
0	0	No calculation	personal remark Lung cancer?	Sep-1999
0.001	0.001	No calculation	Lung?	Jul-1995
1.6	1.8	Prostate <0.15	Prostate cancer	Nov-1996
0.7	1.6	Skin 1.6; Eye 1.6; All 0.0		Jan-1999
0.1	0.1	CEDE <0.15	Skin cancer	Feb-1997
0.7	1.8	Arms 1.8	Skin cancer	Jan-1999
0.1	0.1	Lung & Pancreas <0.1	Lung cancer	Apr-1998
5.081		Kidney & Bone <0.15	Kidney cancer	Jul-1990
1	1.1	CEDE <0.1		Mar-1999
0		Any 0.0	Skin; Liver	Oct-1998
1	1.4	No calculation	macular degeneration	Nov-1997
0.87	1.1			Jan-1993
2.1	2.7	Lung 1.6; Bone 0.37; Bladder, Pancreas, and Colon <0.15	Lung and Bladder cancers	Jan-1989
0.3	0.8			Sep-1999
0.04		No calculation	Skin cancer-	Oct-1985
0.977		Lung 0.46; Bone <0.15	Lung cancer	Apr-1991
6				Jun-1988
3.114		lung 0.79; bone <0.15	Lung cancer	May-1989
1.3	1.7			Aug-1999

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Case Number	SERVICE	SERIES CODE	CLAIM FILED? (YEAR IF YES)	STATUS OF CLAIM
80	Army	U-K	YES - 1999 & 2000	P-Granted
81	Army	U-K	YES - 1992	NP-Denied
82	Army	RW, HT I	YES	P-Granted
83	Army	B-J	YES - 2000	Pending
84	Army	U-K	NO
85	Army	HT I	YES	NP-Denied
86	Army	U-K	YES - 1995	NP-Denied
87	Army	U-K	YES -1996	NP-Denied
88	Army	TP	YES 1980	NP-Denied
89	Army	U-K	YES-1980	NP-Denied
90	Army	TP, RW	NO
91	Army	U-K	YES	NP-Denied
92	Air Force	DOM I	NO
93	Army	B-J	YES - 1995	NP-Denied
94	Army	HT I	YES-1988?	NP-Denied
95	Air Force	RW	NO
96	Air Force	GH	YES-1983 & 1998	NP-Denied
97	Air Force	HT I	NO
98	Army	GH, B-J, IVY	YES-1988?	P-Granted
99	Army	U-K	YES- 1983	NP-Denied
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Cases
A	Army	H	YES- 1986
B	Army	H
C	Army	Non-participant	YES- 1993 and 1997
D	Navy	H	YES-1997
E	Navy	N	YES-1987

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EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE (rem)	UPPER BOUND DOSE (rem)	ORGAN DOSE (rem)	TYPE OF DISEASE AS BASIS OF CLAIM	DATE OF LAST DOSE RECONSTRUCTION
0.1	0.1	Red marrow and All organs <0.001	multiple Melanoma	Sep-2000
3.1	3.4 Colon	<0.15	Colon cancers	Jun-1992
7.2	8.5		Kidney & Bone cancers	May-1996
0	0.1	Kidney & All organs 0.0	Kidney	Oct-2000
2.4	3.9	CEDE <0.01	Skin; Thyroid; and hearing problems	May-1999
2.1				May-1990
1.35	2.4		Skin cancer	May-1996
1.7	3	CEDE <0.15	Skin rash, discolored spots	Jan-1997
0.95		Thyroid 0.4; Bone 0.002; Whole Body 0.003	Skin and Nerve disability	Aug-1983
2.7		All 0.0	Rectal cancer	Jul-1983
4.4	5.9	Heart <0.1		Jul-1998
0.1	0.1	Bladder <0.1	Lung cancer	Jan-1998
1.8	1.9			Feb-2001
0.6	1.1	No calculation	Melanoma	Dec-1995
0.7		Bladder & Bone <0.15	Bladder cancer	Feb-1990
0	0			Jul-1992
3.7	4.3	Arm 35; Prostate & Bladder <0.15	Prostate cancer and Skin (melanoma)	Aug-1998
1.9	1.9	Eye 2.4; CEDE <0.1		Apr-1999
3.9		Bone & Esophagus <0.15	Esophagus cancer	Sep-1988
3.8		No calculation	Kidney cancer	Mar-1983
0.1		Bone <0.15	Skin cancer	Apr-87
0.1	0.1			Feb-96
0.0		Skin (chest) 0	Breast cancer	Feb-99
3.9	4.3	Prostate and lymph nodes <0.1	Prostate and lymphoma cancers	Jan-98
0.1		Colon 0.4	Colon cancer	June-88

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Case Number	SERVICE	SERIES CODE	CLAIM FILED? (YEAR IF YES)	STATUS OF CLAIM
F	Navy	H-N
G	Marine corps	N	YES-1999
H	Army	H	YES-2000
I	Navy	N	YES-1989 And 1998
J	Marine corps	N	YES-1985
K	Army	Non-participant	YES- 1995
L	Army	Non-participant	YES-1987
P-presumptive disease (38 CFR 3.309) NP-nonpresumptive disease (38 CFR 3.311) CEDE-committed effective dose equivalent Series Code Series Name GH GREENHOUSE B-J BUSTER-JANGLE IVY IVY CSTL CASTLE U-K UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE RW REDWING TP TEAPOT XRDS CROSSROADS TRIN TRINITY HTI HARDTACK I POST HT I POST HARDTACK I H HIROSHIMA N NAGASAKI PB PLUMBBOB DOM I DOMINIC I WW WIGWAM

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EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE (rem)	UPPER BOUND DOSE (rem)	ORGAN DOSE (rem)	TYPE OF DISEASE AS BASIS OF CLAIM	DATE OF LAST DOSE RECONSTRUCTION
0.0	<1.0			Aug-93
0.0	<0.01	Skin (ear) <0.01	Basal cell carcinoma	July-00
<0.001	<0.001			May-01
1.0	1.0		Disability	June-98
0.7	0.7	Whole body 0.088	Death/lung cancer	Dec-85
0.0			Death/liver cancer	Feb-99
0.0		Bone <0.018	Disability/ multiple myeloma	Apr-87

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