Accurate records of exposure were not kept for atomic veterans and these veterans have been denied access to classified information concerning exposures and medical information. Scientists agree there is no reliable method for measuring the internal dose from inhaled radioactive particles. According to Dr. Kenneth Kizer, former VA Undersecretary for Health, radiation dose exposure cannot be reliably determined for many atomic veterans and will never be determined. Atomic veterans are aging and dying from some of these medical conditions. Many have already died.
Compensation delayed is compensation denied.
Again, Mr. President, we respectfully request and strongly recommend your Administration issue for public comment, proposed draft regulations providing service-connection for veterans who have been diagnosed with or died from lung, colon, ovarian, or brain and central nervous system cancer. Thank you, Mr. President, for your consideration of this request made on behalf of those veterans who are presumed to have died from these cancers as a consequence of their honorable service to our Nation.