What factors could influence the probability of causation result?
• Dose reconstruction efficiency process • Erring on the side of the claimant • During case development by DOL • Selection of IREP cancer model: policy often requires running 2 or more models and using the highest PC • Use of NIOSH-IREP “combined” lung cancer risk model • Handling of “unknown primary” cancers • Handling of claims with more than one primary cancer • Special “multiple primary” equation increases the likelihood of compensation.
