30.210—What are the criteria for eligibility for benefits relating to radiogenic cancer?
(a)
To establish eligibility for benefits for radiogenic cancer under Part B of EEOICPA, an employee or his or her survivor must show that:
(1)
The employee has been diagnosed with one of the forms of cancer specified in § 30.5(ff) of this part; and
(i)
Is a member of the Special Exposure Cohort (as described in § 30.214(a) of this subpart) who, as a civilian DOE employee or civilian DOE contractor employee, contracted the specified cancer after beginning employment at a DOE facility; or
(ii)
Is a member of the Special Exposure Cohort (as described in § 30.214(a) of this subpart) who, as a civilian atomic weapons employee, contracted the specified cancer after beginning employment at an atomic weapons employer facility (as defined in § 30.5(e) ); or
(i)
(A)
Is/was a civilian DOE employee who contracted that cancer after beginning employment at a DOE facility; or
(B)
Is/was a civilian DOE contractor employee who contracted that cancer after beginning employment at a DOE facility; or
(C)
Is/was a civilian atomic weapons employee who contracted that cancer after beginning employment at an atomic weapons employer facility; and
(ii)
The cancer was at least as likely as not related to the employment at the DOE facility or atomic weapons employer facility; or
(3)
The employee has been diagnosed with an injury, illness, impairment or disease that arose as a consequence of the accepted cancer.
(b)
(1)
To establish eligibility for benefits for radiogenic cancer under Part E of EEOICPA, an employee or his or her survivor must show that:
(A)
Is/was a civilian DOE contractor employee or a civilian RECA section 5 uranium worker who contracted that cancer after beginning employment at a DOE facility or a RECA section 5 facility; and
(B)
The cancer was at least as likely as not related to exposure to a toxic substance of a radioactive nature at a DOE facility or a RECA section 5 facility; and
(C)
It is at least as likely as not that the exposure to such toxic substance(s) was related to employment at a DOE facility or a RECA section 5 facility; or
(ii)
The employee has been diagnosed with an injury, illness, impairment or disease that arose as a consequence of the accepted cancer.
(2)
Eligibility for benefits for radiogenic cancer under Part E in a claim that has previously been accepted under Part B pursuant to the Special Exposure Cohort provisions is described in § 30.230(a) of these regulations.