# Claims Based on Exposure to Ionizing Radiation (Lymphomas Other Than Hodgkin's Disease and Cancer of the Rectum)
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 1995-10-13 · Effective 1995-10-13 · 60 FR 53276
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-25374
- **Category:** va-benefits
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 53276
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 1995-10-13
- **Effective date:** 1995-10-13
## Abstract

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs adjudication regulations concerning diseases claimed to be the result of exposure to ionizing radiation. This amendment is necessary to implement a decision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that lymphomas other than Hodgkin's disease and cancer of the rectum are ``radiogenic.'' The intended effect of this amendment is to add these conditions to the list of radiogenic diseases for service-connected compensation purposes.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/10/13/95-25374/claims-based-on-exposure-to-ionizing-radiation-lymphomas-other-than-hodgkins-disease-and-cancer-of)
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