United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1998_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1bdff047a D09002ee1bdff050e United States Department of Veterans Affairs originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations concerning compensation for diseases claimed to be the result of exposure to ionizing radiation. This amendment implements a decision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that, based on all evidence currently available to him, prostate cancer and any other cancers may be induced by ionizing radiation. The intended effect of this action is to relieve veterans, or their survivors, seeking benefits under the provisions of the Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act of the burden of having to submit evidence that a veteran's prostate cancer or any other cancer may have been induced by ionizing radiation. 63 FR 50993 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-09-24/98-25546 98-25546 fr24se98-9 RIN 2900-AI00 8320-01-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-09-24/98-25546 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-09-24/html/98-25546.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-09-24/pdf/98-25546.pdf 3 p. 50993 50995 63 FR 50993 Title 38 Part 3 38 CFR Part 3 RIN 2900-AI00 Claims Based on Exposure to Ionizing Radiation (Prostate Cancer and Any Other Cancer); Federal Register Vol. 63, Issue RULE 98-25546 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 1998-09-24 8320-01-P 98-25546 Final rule.

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations concerning compensation for diseases claimed to be the result of exposure to ionizing radiation. This amendment implements a decision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that, based on all evidence currently available to him, prostate cancer and any other cancers may be induced by ionizing radiation. The intended effect of this action is to relieve veterans, or their survivors, seeking benefits under the provisions of the Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act of the burden of having to submit evidence that a veteran's prostate cancer or any other cancer may have been induced by ionizing radiation.

Effective Date: September 24, 1998. John Bisset, Jr., Consultant, Regulations Staff, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, telephone (202) 273-7230. Vol. 63, no. 185 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1998-09-24 continuing daily deposited born digital 311 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-09-24 P0b002ee180a6e55a 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr24se98 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1998-09-24 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-09-24/pdf/FR-1998-09-24.pdf fdlp 50965 51267 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1998-09-24 machine generated eng FR FR-1998-09-24 63 185