Find out if you can get disability compensation or benefits for illnesses including some cancers believed to be caused by contact with radiation during military service
How to file my claim?
we ll ask the military branch that you served with or the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to give us a range of how much radiation they think you may have come into contact with .s   [42] We ll use the highest level of the range they report to decide on your benefits
how do I qualify for disability benefits?
You may also qualify for disability benefits if you served in at least one of the below locations and capacities .s   [22] You were:s   [23] Part of underground nuclear weapons testing at Amchitka Island , Alaska?
how to get get disability benefits?
Do you have an illness that s on our list of illnesses believed to be caused by radiation or that doctors say may be caused by radiation?
no
You won't be able to get disability benefits
what if I was Assigned to a gaseous diffusion plant at Portsmouth , Ohi?