Veterans' exposure to ionizing radiation as a result of detonations of nuclear devices: hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, April 4, 1983U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - Всего страниц: 577 |
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Стр. 229 - When, after careful consideration of all procurable and assembled data, a reasonable doubt arises regarding service origin, the degree of disability, or any other point, such doubt will be resolved in favor of the claimant. By reasonable doubt is meant one which exists by reason of the fact that the evidence does not satisfactorily prove or disprove the claim, yet a substantial doubt and one within the range of probability as distinguished from pure speculation or remote possibility.
Стр. 229 - ... that his claim is well grounded. Mere suspicion or doubt as to the truth of any statements submitted, as distinguished from impeachment or contradiction by evidence or known facts, is not a justifiable basis for denying the application of the reasonable doubt doctrine if the entire, complete record otherwise warrants invoking this doctrine. The reasonable doubt doctrine is also applicable even in the absence of official records, particularly if the basic incident allegedly arose under combat,...
Стр. 167 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) this Act may be cited as the "Veterans Insurance Amendments Act of 1979".
Стр. 186 - Similar reports, also containing bibliographies, have been issued by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR), the most recent having been Issued in 1982.
Стр. 132 - Budget finds has resulted in or is likely to result in — (A) an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more; (B) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local government agencies, or geographic regions; or (C) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets.
Стр. 57 - Because of the uncertainties associated with the radiological data or calculations used in the absence of data, as well as the uncertainties with respect to personnel activities, confidence limits are determined where possible for group dose calculations. The uncertainty analysis quantifies the errors in available data or in the model used in the absence of data. Confidence limits are based on the uncertainty of all relevant input parameters, and thus vary with the quality of the input data. They...
Стр. 86 - Committee on the Biological . Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) ; and the ABCC/RERF Foundation.
Стр. 229 - ... yet a substantial doubt and one within the range of probability as distinguished from pure speculation or remote possibility. It is not a means of reconciling actual conflict or a contradiction in the evidence; the claimant is required to submit evidence sufficient to justify a belief in a fair and impartial mind that his claim is well grounded.
Стр. 99 - ... practices involving radiation exposures. Thus, in the choice of alternative practices, radiation risk estimates should be used only with great caution and with explicit recognition of the possibility that the actual risk at low doses may be much lower than that implied by deliberately cautious assumptions.
Стр. 229 - Reasonable doubt. It is the defined and consistently applied policy of the Veterans Administration to administer the law under a broad interpretation, consistent, however, with the facts shown in every case. When, after careful consideration of all procurable and assembled data, a reasonable doubt arises regarding service origin, the degree of disability, or any other point, such doubt will be resolved in favor of the claimant.