user: can you give me details of Ionizing radiation exposure[NEWLINE]agent: Find out if you can get disability compensation or benefits for illnesses including some cancers believed to be caused by contact with radiation during military service[NEWLINE][BOUNDARY][NEWLINE]user: what should i do when i filed my claim[NEWLINE]agent:  we ll ask the military branch that you served with or the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to give us a range of how much radiation they think you may have come into contact with. We ll use the highest level of the range they report to decide on your benefits[NEWLINE][BOUNDARY][NEWLINE]user: Can I get disability benefits from VA?[NEWLINE]agent: And you must have had contact with ionizing radiation in one of these ways while serving in the military.  Were part of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing[NEWLINE]user: ok tell me the requirements?[NEWLINE]agent: You have an illness that s on our list of illnesses believed to be caused by radiation or that doctors say may be caused by radiation[NEWLINE]user: yes[NEWLINE]agent: Your illness started within a certain period of time as shown along with the list of illnesses[NEWLINE]user: yes