To establish eligibility for benefits for cancer, an employee or
his or her survivor must show that:
(a) The employee has been diagnosed with one of the forms of cancer
specified in section 4(b)(2) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
(42 U.S.C. 2210 note) and set forth in Sec. 30.5(dd) of this subpart;
and
(1) Is a member of the Special Exposure Cohort (as described in
Sec. 30.213(a) of this subpart) who, as a DOE employee or DOE
contractor employee, contracted the specified cancer after beginning
employment at a DOE facility; or
(2) Is a member of the Special Exposure Cohort (as described in
Sec. 30.213(a) of this subpart) who, as an atomic weapons employee,
contracted the specified cancer after beginning employment at an atomic
weapons employer facility (as defined in Sec. 30.5(e)); or
(b) The employee has been diagnosed with cancer; and
(1) Is/was a DOE employee who contracted that cancer after
beginning employment at a DOE facility; or
(2) Is/was a DOE contractor employee who contracted that cancer
after beginning employment at a DOE facility; or
(3) Is/was an atomic weapons employee who contracted that cancer
after beginning employment at an atomic weapons employer facility; and
(4) That the cancer was at least as likely as not related to the
employment at the DOE facility or atomic weapons employer facility; or
(c) The employee has been diagnosed with an illness or disease that
arose as a consequence of the accepted cancer.