Radiation Exposure, the Ionizing Radiation Registry, and the PACT Act

Listen in to this episode of the Veterans Health Matters podcast to hear Danny McClung, Heath Physicist and Radiological Consultant for VA’s Post Deployment Health Services (PHDS), provides an overview of Radiation Exposure, the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, the Ionizing Radiation Health Registry, as well as specific incidents and clean-up efforts.

RESOURCES
VET-HOME portal https://vethome.va.gov/

VET-HOME support: 1-833-MEE-VTHM or 1-833-633-8846 Ionizing Radiation Registry: https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/radiation/benefits/registry-exam.asp

About VET-HOME: https://www.publichealth.va.gov/VET-HOME/index.asp

About Military Environmental Exposures: https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/index.asp

About Radiation: https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/radiation/index.asp VA Disability Benefits: https://www.va.gov/disability/

About PACT Act: https://www.va.gov/resources/the-pact-act-and-your-va-benefits/

War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) Website: https://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/

WRIISC SharePoint: https://dvagov.sharepoint.com/sites/vawriisc