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Appendix B
Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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Case Number

SERVICE

SERIES CODE

CLAIM FILED? (YEAR IF YES)

STATUS OF CLAIM

1

Army

GH, B-J

NO

 

2

Army

GH, B-J, IVY

YES (1980)

Not rated - no radiogenic disease

3

Air Force

CSTL

NO

 

4

Army

GH

YES (1992)

NP-Denied

5

Air Force

GH

NO

 

6

Navy

CSTL

NO

 

7

Army

U-K

YES - 2000

NP-Denied

8

Air Force

CSTL

YES - 1990

NP-Denied

9

Navy

CSTL

YES (2) 1978 and 2000

NP-Granted

10

Navy

RW

YES - 1981

P-Granted

11

Air Force

CSTL, TP, RW

YES - 1994

NP-Denied

12

Air Force

GH

YES - 1999

NP-Denied

13

Navy

XRDS

YES - 1996

P-Granted

14

Army

TRIN

NO

 

15

Army

TRIN

NO

 

16

Air Force

HT I

NO

 

17

Navy

XRDS

YES - 1993

NP-Denied

18

Navy

IVY, CSTL

YES - 1990

NP-Denied

19

Army

CSTL

YES - 1994

NP-Denied

20

Army

B-J

YES -1990 & 1997 personal; 1991 VA

NP-Denied

21

Marine

U-K

YES - 1990

NP-Denied

22

Army

CSTL

YES - 1995

NP-Denied

23

Navy

B-J

YES - 1985 VARO& 1992 VA

Not rated-did not respond

24

Navy

HT I

YES - 1997

NP-Denied

25

Navy

HT I

YES

NP-Denied

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE (rem)

UPPER BOUND DOSE (rem)

ORGAN DOSE (rem)

TYPE OF DISEASE AS BASIS OF CLAIM

DATE OF LAST DOSE RECONSTRUCTION

1.4

1.6

 

 

Feb-2000

1.2

 

No calculation

Skin cancer

Feb-1983

2.6

4.1

CEDE 0.2

 

Jul-1997

3.5

4.1

No calculation.

Skin cancer

Jan-1993

3.8

4.4

Thyroid 2.3

 

Mar-1999

1.6

2.5

EDE 0.2

 

May-1999

1.3

1.8

Prostate 0

Prostate cancer

Sep-2000

2.3

 

Lung 0.5620; Bone <0.15

Lung cancer

Jul-1990

3.2

5.2

Eye 8.7; Thyroid 0.4; Forearm 55.5; Face 30.3; Head 30.3; Neck 30.3; Upper arm 3 0. 1; Back 8.5

Skin cancer, Thyroid cancer, and cataract

Dec-2000

3.3

4.6

 

Blood problem and bone deterioration

Mar-1996

5.6

7.9

 

Heart disease

Dec-1994

3

3.7

Lower leg 77.5

Basal cell carcinoma

Oct-1999

1.3

3.2

Bladder & Prostate <0.15

Bladder and Prostate

Feb-1996

10

20

 

 

Oct-1985

2.1

3.8

CEDE <0.15

 

Sep-1996

1.6

1.8

CEDE 0.2

 

Aug-1998

2.3

4.5

No calculation

Skin cancer

Mar-1994

5.7

 

Lung 0.58; Bone <0.15

Lung and Skin cancers

Sep-1990

4.7

7.3

 

Cataract

Jun-1995

0.1

0.1

Prostate <0.1

Lung disease, Prostate cancer, Basal call carcinoma, Kidney problem

Oct-1997

4.7

6.8

Colon & Bone <0.15

Colon cancer

Aug-1990

1.1

1.3

Colon 0.8

Intestinal cance

Dec-1995

0.2

 

Colon <0.15

Colon cancer

Jan-1994

0.5

0.5

Brain <0.1

Brain cancer

Jan-1998

1.3

1.5

Forehead 7.1; Lung 0.9

Basal cell carcinoma and lung cancer

Oct-2000

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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Case Number

SERVICE

SERIES CODE

CLAIM FILED? (YEAR IF YES)

STATUS OF CLAIM

26

Navy

XRDS

YES

P-Granted

27

Marine

U-K

YES -1992

NP-Denied

28

Navy

XRDS

YES- 1996

NP-Denied

29

Army

U-K

YES-1985

NP-Denied

30

Army

U-K

YES

NP-Denied

31

Air Force

POST HT I

YES

P-Denied

32

Army

CSTL

YES - 1994 & 1995

NP-Denied

33

Army

H, N

YES

NP-Denied

34

Navy

XRDS

YES - 1995

NP-Denied

35

Navy

RW

YES - 1994

NP-Denied

36

Air Force

HT I

YES - 1980

NP-Denied

37

Army

TP, PB

YES - 2000

P-Granted

38

Air Force

CSTL

YES - 1991

NP-Denied Previously granted for skin cancer based on UV radiation

39

Navy

CSTL

YES 2000

NP-Denied

40

Army

U-K

NO

 

41

Navy

XRDS

YES - 1987

NP-Denied

42

Navy

RW

YES - 1996

NP-Denied

43

Army

GH

YES - 1993

NP-Denied

44

Navy

RW

NO

 

45

Navy

XRDS

YES - 1997

NP-grant

46

Army

DOM I

YES - 1999

Not rated -Veteran died

47

Army

IVY, CSTL

YES - 1987

NP-Denied

48

Navy

XRDS

YES

NP-Denied

49

Navy

N, XRDS

YES - 1999

NP-Denied

50

Air Force

TP

NO - NA 1993; Congress 1997

Not a participant

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE (rem)

UPPER BOUND DOSE (rem)

ORGAN DOSE (rem)

TYPE OF DISEASE AS BASIS OF CLAIM

DATE OF LAST DOSE RECONSTRUCTION

1.8

 

Bone 0.32

 

Jan-1989.

3.7

4.5

Lung <0.15

Lung cancer

Dec-1992

0.7

1.1

No calculation

Hodgkin’s diseases; Skin cancer; Prostate cancer

Aug-1996

2.4

3.9

No calculation

Skin cancer

Oct-1985

3.1

3.4

 

 

Dec-1999

0.1

0.1

All <0.1

 

Nov-1998

1.2

1.4

Colon 0.4 Liver & SI <0.15

Small Intestine cancer

Sep-1995

0

0.01

Any 0.0

?

Jun-1997

0.8

2

No calculation

Stomach problem

Aug-1995

0.8

1.1

No calculation

Skin cancer

May-1994

0.1

 

Colon & Bone <0.15

Colon cancer

May-1990

1.2

2.1

Red marrow (mult. Myeloma) <0.01

Multiple Myeloma

Sep-2000

1.1

 

Colon 0.29; Bone I <0.15; Lung 0.53

sigmoid colonic cancer, skin cancer

Nov-1991

6.8

7.3

Eye 25.5; Prostate <0.1

Cataract; Prostate cancer; moderately differentiated Adenocarcinome

Sep-2000

0.1

0.2

Face 0.3; Prostate 0

Skin Cancer mentioned

Jul-1999

1.4

1.8

Bladder <0.15

Bladder

Sep-1993

0.5

0.6

No calculation

Lung disease

Aug-1996

3.7

4.4

Colon 0.32

Colon cancer

Apr-1994

0.9

1.1

CEDE 0.2

 

May-1998

2.4

2.8

No calculation

 

May-1997

0.07

0.1

No calculation

Lung/not cancer

Apr-1996

2.8

 

Lung 1.1; Bone <0.15

Lung and Liver cancers

Mar-1989

1.2

 

 

Ulcer

Jun-1993

1.6

2.3

Prostate 0

Prostate cancer

Feb-2000

0.1

 

 

Eye problem

Jul-1997

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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Case Number

SERVICE

SERIES CODE

CLAIM FILED? (YEAR IF YES)

STATUS OF CLAIM

51

Army

U-K

NO

 

52

Air Force

HT I

YES

NP-Denied

53

Navy

XRDS

YES - 1997

NP-Denied

54

Navy

RW

NO

 

55

Army

TP, RW

NO

 

56

Army

RW

NO

 

57

Navy

XRDS

NO

 

58

Air Force

RW

YES - 1994

NP-Denied

59

Navy

XRDS

YES - 1987

Not rated -veteran died

60

Air Force

GH

YES - 1981 Personal

NP-Denied

61

Army

U-K

YES

NP-Denied

62

Air Force

U-K

YES - 1995

NP-Denied

63

Air Force

HT I

YES - 1996

NP-Denied

64

Navy

XRDS

NO

 

65

Navy

IVY, WW

YES - 1996

NP-Denied

66

Navy

XRDS

YES

NP-Denied

67

Navy

PB

YES-1995

P-grant

68

Navy

CSTL

YES-1990

P-grant

69

Navy

HT I

NO

 

70

Navy

DOM I

YES

Pending

71

Navy

GH

YES - 1997

NP-Denied

72

Navy

HT I

NO

 

73

Navy

XRDS

YES (2) 1987, 1988, and 1993

P granted, NP denied

74

Air Force

U-K

NO

 

75

Army

U-K

YES

NP-Denied

76

Navy

XRDS

YES - 1990

NP-Denied

77

Army

TP

NO

 

78

Army

GH, IVY

YES - 1989

NP-Denied

79

Army

PB

 

Not Participant

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE (rem)

UPPER BOUND DOSE (rem)

ORGAN DOSE (rem)

TYPE OF DISEASE AS BASIS OF CLAIM

DATE OF LAST DOSE RECONSTRUCTION

2.3

3.1

CEDE <0.01

 

Feb-2000

1.6

1.8

No calculation

 

Apr-1997

1.1

1.8

Colon <0.01; Any <0.15

Colon cancer

Jan-1997

4.4

5.9

 

Incurable skin disease mentioned

Jul-1995

3.6

4.5

 

Skin cancer mentioned

Dec-1994

4.7

6.4

 

 

Mar-1995

0.55

1.2

Colon <0.15

 

Aug-1993

4.2

5.6

Lung 2.3

Lung cancer

Mar-1995

0.81

 

Colon & Bone <0.15

Colon cancer

Nov-1988

3.8

4.4

Spine <0.1

 

Apr-1999

0

0

No calculation

personal remark Lung cancer?

Sep-1999

0.001

0.001

No calculation

Lung?

Jul-1995

1.6

1.8

Prostate <0.15

Prostate cancer

Nov-1996

0.7

1.6

Skin 1.6; Eye 1.6; All 0.0

 

Jan-1999

0.1

0.1

CEDE <0.15

Skin cancer

Feb-1997

0.7

1.8

Arms 1.8

Skin cancer

Jan-1999

0.1

0.1

Lung & Pancreas <0.1

Lung cancer

Apr-1998

5.081

 

Kidney & Bone <0.15

Kidney cancer

Jul-1990

1

1.1

CEDE <0.1

 

Mar-1999

0

 

Any 0.0

Skin; Liver

Oct-1998

1

1.4

No calculation

macular degeneration

Nov-1997

0.87

1.1

 

 

Jan-1993

2.1

2.7

Lung 1.6; Bone 0.37; Bladder, Pancreas, and Colon <0.15

Lung and Bladder cancers

Jan-1989

0.3

0.8

 

 

Sep-1999

0.04

 

No calculation

Skin cancer-

Oct-1985

0.977

 

Lung 0.46; Bone <0.15

Lung cancer

Apr-1991

6

 

 

 

Jun-1988

3.114

 

lung 0.79; bone <0.15

Lung cancer

May-1989

1.3

1.7

 

 

Aug-1999

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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Case Number

SERVICE

SERIES CODE

CLAIM FILED? (YEAR IF YES)

STATUS OF CLAIM

80

Army

U-K

YES - 1999 & 2000

P-Granted

81

Army

U-K

YES - 1992

NP-Denied

82

Army

RW, HT I

YES

P-Granted

83

Army

B-J

YES - 2000

Pending

84

Army

U-K

NO

 

85

Army

HT I

YES

NP-Denied

86

Army

U-K

YES - 1995

NP-Denied

87

Army

U-K

YES -1996

NP-Denied

88

Army

TP

YES 1980

NP-Denied

89

Army

U-K

YES-1980

NP-Denied

90

Army

TP, RW

NO

 

91

Army

U-K

YES

NP-Denied

92

Air Force

DOM I

NO

 

93

Army

B-J

YES - 1995

NP-Denied

94

Army

HT I

YES-1988?

NP-Denied

95

Air Force

RW

NO

 

96

Air Force

GH

YES-1983 & 1998

NP-Denied

97

Air Force

HT I

NO

 

98

Army

GH, B-J, IVY

YES-1988?

P-Granted

99

Army

U-K

YES- 1983

NP-Denied

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Cases

A

Army

H

YES- 1986

 

B

Army

H

 

 

C

Army

Non-participant

YES- 1993 and 1997

 

D

Navy

H

YES-1997

 

E

Navy

N

YES-1987

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE (rem)

UPPER BOUND DOSE (rem)

ORGAN DOSE (rem)

TYPE OF DISEASE AS BASIS OF CLAIM

DATE OF LAST DOSE RECONSTRUCTION

0.1

0.1

Red marrow and All organs <0.001

multiple Melanoma

Sep-2000

3.1

3.4 Colon

<0.15

Colon cancers

Jun-1992

7.2

8.5

 

Kidney & Bone cancers

May-1996

0

0.1

Kidney & All organs 0.0

Kidney

Oct-2000

2.4

3.9

CEDE <0.01

Skin; Thyroid; and hearing problems

May-1999

2.1

 

 

 

May-1990

1.35

2.4

 

Skin cancer

May-1996

1.7

3

CEDE <0.15

Skin rash, discolored spots

Jan-1997

0.95

 

Thyroid 0.4; Bone 0.002; Whole Body 0.003

Skin and Nerve disability

Aug-1983

2.7

 

All 0.0

Rectal cancer

Jul-1983

4.4

5.9

Heart <0.1

 

Jul-1998

0.1

0.1

Bladder <0.1

Lung cancer

Jan-1998

1.8

1.9

 

 

Feb-2001

0.6

1.1

No calculation

Melanoma

Dec-1995

0.7

 

Bladder & Bone <0.15

Bladder cancer

Feb-1990

0

0

 

 

Jul-1992

3.7

4.3

Arm 35; Prostate & Bladder <0.15

Prostate cancer and Skin (melanoma)

Aug-1998

1.9

1.9

Eye 2.4; CEDE <0.1

 

Apr-1999

3.9

 

Bone & Esophagus <0.15

Esophagus cancer

Sep-1988

3.8

 

No calculation

Kidney cancer

Mar-1983

0.1

 

Bone <0.15

Skin cancer

Apr-87

0.1

0.1

 

 

Feb-96

0.0

 

Skin (chest) 0

Breast cancer

Feb-99

3.9

4.3

Prostate and lymph nodes <0.1

Prostate and lymphoma cancers

Jan-98

0.1

 

Colon 0.4

Colon cancer

June-88

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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Case Number

SERVICE

SERIES CODE

CLAIM FILED? (YEAR IF YES)

STATUS OF CLAIM

F

Navy

H-N

 

 

G

Marine corps

N

YES-1999

 

H

Army

H

YES-2000

 

I

Navy

N

YES-1989 And 1998

 

J

Marine corps

N

YES-1985

 

K

Army

Non-participant

YES- 1995

 

L

Army

Non-participant

YES-1987

 

P-presumptive disease (38 CFR 3.309)

NP-nonpresumptive disease (38 CFR 3.311)

CEDE-committed effective dose equivalent

Series Code Series Name

GH GREENHOUSE

B-J BUSTER-JANGLE

IVY IVY

CSTL CASTLE

U-K UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE

RW REDWING

TP TEAPOT

XRDS CROSSROADS

TRIN TRINITY

HTI HARDTACK I

POST HT I POST HARDTACK I

H HIROSHIMA

N NAGASAKI

PB PLUMBBOB

DOM I DOMINIC I

WW WIGWAM

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE (rem)

UPPER BOUND DOSE (rem)

ORGAN DOSE (rem)

TYPE OF DISEASE AS BASIS OF CLAIM

DATE OF LAST DOSE RECONSTRUCTION

0.0

<1.0

 

 

Aug-93

0.0

<0.01

Skin (ear) <0.01

Basal cell carcinoma

July-00

<0.001

<0.001

 

 

May-01

1.0

1.0

 

Disability

June-98

0.7

0.7

Whole body 0.088

Death/lung cancer

Dec-85

0.0

 

 

Death/liver cancer

Feb-99

0.0

 

Bone <0.018

Disability/ multiple myeloma

Apr-87

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Sampled Case Files of Dose Reconstructions Reviewed by Committee." National Research Council. 2003. A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10697.
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From 1945 through 1962, the US atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program involved hundreds of thousands of military and civilian personnel, and some of them were exposed to ionizing radiation. Veterans' groups have since been concerned that their members' health was affected by radiation exposure associated with participation in nuclear tests and have pressured Congress for disability compensation. Several pieces of legislation have been passed to compensate both military and civilian personnel for such health effects. Veterans' concerns about the accuracy of reconstructed doses prompted Congress to have the General Accounting Office (GAO) review the dose reconstruction program used to estimate exposure. The GAO study concluded that dose reconstruction is a valid method of estimating radiation dose and could be used as the basis of compensation. It also recommended an independent review of the dose reconstruction program. The result of that recommendation was a congressional mandate that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a part of the Department of Defense, ask the National Research Council to conduct an independent review of the dose reconstruction program. In response to that request, the National Research Council established the Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the Board on Radiation Effects Research (BRER).

The committee randomly selected sample records of doses that had been reconstructed by DTRA and carefully evaluated them. The committee's report describes its findings and provides responses to many of the questions that have been raised by the veterans.

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