On May 8, 2003, the National Research Council, an independent agency d. Handling Claims That contracted to review the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Require a radiation dose estimates, reported that DTRA had underestimated upper Subsequent bound radiation doses for atmospheric test participants and Review on Hiroshima/Nagasaki occupation forces. Dose Estimates Made Before When a was previously denied based on a dose estimate provided by May 8, 2003 DTRA before May 8, 2003, obtain a new dose estimate from DTRA and readjudicate the claim. It is not necessary for the claimant to submit new and material Note: evidence to reopen these claims. For more information on developing dose estimates, see M21-1, Reference: Part IV, Subpart ii, 1.C.4. e. Handling Veterans seeking benefits in connection with exposure to nuclear radiation are Classified authorized by the Exposure to Nuclear Radiation and Department of Defense Information to divulge to the Department of Veterans Affairs (DoD) Secrecy Agreement Needed to (VA) the Validate Exposure to name Nuclear location of their command Radiation duties performed of service, and related information necessary to validate exposure to nuclear radiation. This authorization does relieve Veterans of responsibility for continuing not to protect specific technical information that could contribute to the development of a weapon of mass destruction or the application of nuclear technology. Veterans must refrain from divulging information relative to Important: military bases where nuclear weapons may be located within the continental United States (U.S.), which is classified as and “Confidential,” were or are located outside the continental U.S., is classified as or Secret.” “Secret” “Top For more information on References: the see Exposure to Nuclear Radiation and DoD Secrecy Agreement, Part IV, Subpart ii, 1.C.6, and claims for radiogenic diseases under , see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 1.B.2.
d. Handling Claims That Require a Subsequent Review on Dose Estimates Made Before May 8, 2003 On May 8, 2003, the National Research Council, an independent agency contracted to review the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) radiation dose estimates, reported that DTRA had underestimated upper bound radiation doses for atmospheric test participants and Hiroshima/Nagasaki occupation forces. When a was previously denied based on a dose estimate provided by DTRA before May 8, 2003, obtain a new dose estimate from DTRA and readjudicate the claim. Note: It is not necessary for the claimant to submit new and material evidence to reopen these claims. Reference: For more information on developing dose estimates, see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 1.C.4. e. Handling Classified Information Needed to Validate Exposure to Nuclear Radiation Veterans seeking benefits in connection with exposure to nuclear radiation are authorized by the Exposure to Nuclear Radiation and Department of Defense (DoD) Secrecy Agreement to divulge to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) the name location of their command duties performed of service, and related information necessary to validate exposure to nuclear radiation. This authorization does not relieve Veterans of responsibility for continuing to protect specific technical information that could contribute to the development of a weapon of mass destruction or the application of nuclear technology. Important: Veterans must refrain from divulging information relative to military bases where nuclear weapons may be located within the continental United States (U.S.), which is classified as “Confidential,” and were or are located outside the continental U.S., is classified as “Secret” or “Top Secret.” References: For more information on the Exposure to Nuclear Radiation and DoD Secrecy Agreement, see Part IV, Subpart ii, 1.C.6, and claims for radiogenic diseases under , see M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, 1.B.2.
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