SEE (left column "VBDR Testimony") April 2008 testimony of RVA President Charles L. Clark at the San Diego Veterans Advisory Board For Dose Reconstruction. Clark calls for inclusion of all Veterans exposed to ionizing radiation to be recognized by Congress, and abolishment of the Dose "Reconstruction" program.
BULLETIN
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has vacated and remanded to the Board of Veterans Affairs the case of an Atomic Veteran who died of a non-presumptive radiogenic disease. The case was an appeal from the widow who had been denied compensation because the DVA had ruled, after Dose Reconstruction, that the veteran had received (near Hiroshima) no or a very small dose of radiation. A great part of the Judge's findings were based upon the fact that private doctors had stated that radiation could have caused the disease. The private doctors were disputed by the then Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Officer for the DVA. This officer, Dr. Susan Mather (now retired), who the Judge ruled was not qualified to make such a decision, has made similar rulings that resulted in claim denials for thousands of Atomic Veterans. The Court of Appeals Ruling was announced November 15, 2007.
Many thousands of previously denied cases were apparently compromised by the DVA, and may be subject to reversal. New cases of non-presumptive radiogenic diseases the medical community says may be caused by ionizing radiation may be subject to different outcomes by the DVA.
For further information contact the Attorney who handled the Roberts case. His name and contact information are listed on the "Roberts Appeal" page. To reach this page click "Roberts Appeal" in the left column of this page.
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Only about 8% of the Population of the United States are Military Veterans, a significant American Minority
But this Minority of Americans is made of all races, all ethnic groups, all religions (and non-believers), all political persuasions. and persons of both sexes (and all orientations)
WHERE IS VETERAN POWER?
According to the Veterans Administration less than 10% of Military Veterans were or could have been exposed to ionizing radiation from the nation's atomic power and weapons programs
Only about 1% of Military Veterans are classified by Congress, the Veterans Administration, and Dept. of Defense as ATOMIC VETERANS, with more than half of the original ATOMIC VETERANS already dead
ANY WONDER RADIATED VETS GET SO LITTLE ATTENTION?
"...there is no threshold dose-level (no safe dose, no risk-free dose) of ionizing radiation", John William Gofman, Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cell Biology in the University of California at Berkeley, and Lecturer at the Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine at San Francisco, co-holder with Glenn Seaborg and Raymond Stoughton of the patent for the slow and fast neutron fissionability of uranium-233, with its application to production of nuclear power or nuclear weapons.
The United States and other governments have, in the course of developing and deploying Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), poisoned (leading to illness and death) thousands of citizens, particularly military personnel exposed to radiation, poison chemicals and biological agents. This poisoning, while no one charges was on purpose, nevertheless has led to great human suffering ... and the coverups, obfuscation, or misinterpretation, of results of the events appear to have been on purpose in too many cases.
National Security is one thing ... but twisting security needs to hide or misrepresent facts, or simply refusing to acknowlege mistakes ... in order to avoid liabilities to individuals, government agencies, corporations, and educational institutions that have taken in hundreds of billions of dollars... is something else. With few exceptions this misrepresentation and avoidance has been prejudicial to loyal military personnel and their families.
IT IS PAST TIME TO CLEAR THE RECORDS and RECOGNIZE THE SERVICES and SACRIFICES of AMERICA's WMD VETERANS!
Radiated Veterans of America, Inc. (RVA) is a Nevada non-profit corporation approved by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501 (c) (19) Veterans Service Organization on a primary mission to aid, by public education and endorsing legislation, those past, current and future members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America who, beginning with the Manhattan Project in 1945, were or will be exposed to ionizing radiation, from weapons tests, storage, accidents and deployment.
This includes non-weapons use of nuclear energy for medical, propulsion and experimental purposes.
RVA members include Veterans exposed to Depleted Uranium (DU) weapons and armaments resulting from the Gulf, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq Wars.
RVA also works closely with Veterans exposed to Agent Orange, or who took part in the SHAD (Project 112) chemical and biological experiments and deployments, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Atomic, Biological and Chemical (ABC) weapons programs were, and are, conducted under top-secret conditions. While RVA respects the need for national security, we do not believe it is just that individuals are denied adequate medical care, compensation, or recognition because of security clearences, or classifications, when such can be accomplished without compromising security.
RVA's main goal is to positively influence the Administration and Congress of the United States of America that bear final responsibility for bringing justice to American military Veterans, their families and survivors.
There is no threshold for safe exposure to ionizing radiation
