The Department of Veterans Affairs said it has granted about 570 of 4,100 claims as many radiation-exposed veterans die of cancer and old age.
But a year later, the VA has rejected 86% of claims, according to data obtained by NBC News. The VA said that of the roughly 4,100 processed radiation-related claims, it denied more than 3,500 and granted about 570 from Aug. 10, 2022, to Aug. 10, 2023.
The VA also covers multiple myeloma, leukemia that isn’t chronic lymphocytic leukemia and lymphomas other than Hodgkin lymphoma. The first explosion of a hydrogen bomb produced a mushroom cloud at the Enewetak Atoll islands in the Pacific Ocean in 1952.Brownell was diagnosed in 2001 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer that forms in the white blood cells and affects parts of the body’s immune system. It is considered a presumptive disease, meaning Brownell doesn't have to submit a radiation dose estimate. But Brownell said he hasn't yet received a response from the VA to a claim he filed in January.
Historically, the government defined"atomic veterans" as former service members who were prisoners of war in Japan, as well as those who served in the Feurt said he didn't have on high-density goggles or protective clothing as he watched detonation after detonation in the Pacific from the flight deck of the USS Boxer. “You just had to cover your eyes and ride it out,” he said.
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