DCP Medical Requirements

Disease for Discounted Cash Payment Review Claimants (DCP)

For Non-Malignancy Claims – A medical report documenting the diagnosis of the claimed disease by an internal medicine or pulmonary medicine specialist or other appropriate specialist based on either a physical examination of the claimant by that doctor, a physical examination by another doctor whose physical examination and findings are reliable or a pathologist’s examination for a deceased claimant; and chest x-ray evidence of asbestos-related disease.

For Malignancy Claims – A medical report documenting the diagnosis of the claimed disease by an internal medicine or pulmonary medicine specialist or other appropriate specialist based on either a physical examination of the claimant by that doctor, a physical examination by another doctor whose physical examination and findings are reliable or a pathologist’s examination for a deceased claimant, and
For a malignancy claim, other than malignant mesothelioma, either evidence that the claimant also had a non-malignant disease that qualifies under categories I, II or III below or a medical report that exposure to asbestos was a substantial cause of the cancer.

Category I: Bilateral Pleural Disease

1. The claimant must document bilateral pleural disease (plaques or thickening) diagnosed on the  basis of x-ray, CT scan, HRCT scan or pathological evidence; and
2. The proof of claim must establish a 10-year latency period between the date of first exposure to asbestos and the date of diagnosis of bilateral pleural disease.

Category II:  Asbestosis

1. The claimant must document bilateral interstitial lung disease diagnosed on the basis of x-ray, CT scan, HRCT scan or pathological evidence.
2. The proof of claim must establish a 10-year latency period between the date of first exposure to asbestos and the date of diag-nosis of bilateral interstitial disease.

Category III: Other Cancer

1. The claimant must demonstrate by medical report the existence of primary asbestos-related cancer of one of the following sites:
   • Colo-rectal;
   • Laryngeal;
   • Esophageal; or
   • Pharyngeal; and
2. Evidence that the claimant also had a non-malignant disease that qualifies under categories I or II above or a medical report that exposure to asbestos was a substantial cause of cancer.
3. The proof of claim must establish a 10-year latency period between the date of first exposure to asbestos and the date of diagnosis of the cancer.

Category IV: Lung Cancer

1. The claimant must demonstrate by medical report the existence of primary asbestos-related Lung Cancer.
2. Evidence that the claimant also had a non-malignant disease that qualifies under categories I or II above or a medical report that exposure to asbestos was a substantial cause of cancer.
3. The proof of claim must establish a 10-year latency period between the date of first exposure to asbestos and the date of diagnosis of the cancer.

Category V: Mesothelioma

1. The claimant must demonstrate by medical report the existence of primary Malignant Mesothelioma.
2. The proof of claim must establish a 10-year latency period between the date of first exposure to asbestos and the date of diagnosis of the cancer.