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
what should i do when i filed 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 . We ll use the highest level of the range they report to decide on your benefits
Can I get disability benefits from VA?
And you must have had contact with ionizing radiation in one of these ways while serving in the military .  Were part of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing
ok tell me the requirements?
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
yes
Your illness started within a certain period of time as shown along with the list of illnesses
yes