The VCF will also seek information from the WTC Health Program for deceased individuals whose condition(s) was certified by the WTC Health Program prior to death, upon submission of an Exhibit A(for Deceased Individuals) by the victims authorized Personal Representative. It is important to distinguish between the two and be aware of the deadlines that apply based on your individual circumstances. This list includes the most recent additions to the list effective as of January 18, 2023. If the VCF needs additional information from you after reviewing your claim form and documentation, the VCF will contact you. You cannot certify records or transcripts yourself. But, aggressive prostate cancer is distinguished by its rapid growth and the speed with which symptoms spread throughout the body. Winning multiple awards, Pitta & Baione is known to receive maximum compensation for their clients. You must provide this email address when you call and specifically request they email the letter to the VCF. The VCF will notify you if additional information is needed. It is very important that you ask the Service Center to email the letter to the VCF official email address: VCF.Thirdpartyverification@usdoj.gov. The VCFs New York City Exposure Zone is used to determine an individuals presence for VCF eligibility purposes (and is not dependent on the length of time the individual was at the site), while the WTC Health Programs New York City Disaster Area is used to determine certification for treatment and requires a minimum amount of time spent in the designated area. To begin the certification process with the WTC Health Program, you can find an application on line at www.cdc.gov/wtcor by calling 1-888-982-4748. If the VCF needs additional information from you after requesting documentation from ConEd, the VCF will contact you. These timeframes are different for each category of injuries and conditions. You should also submit other evidence (such as contemporaneous documents, Witness Presence Statements, or affidavits) demonstrating that you were physically present in the NYC Exposure Zone during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, through May 30, 2002, when you submit your claim. Note that this is not a comprehensive list of acceptable documentation. The VCF considers the totality of the circumstances in each individual case and will consider a wide range of documents to support presence. For more information, please see the information on. 116-34. If you are filing a claim on the victims behalf, you must show that you have the legal authority to do so. In the body of the email, please include your first name, last name (maiden name, if applicable), your date of birth, and the VCF official email address, VCF.Thirdpartyverification@usdoj.gov, which is where human resources can directly send their response. In addition, if you were found eligible to receive compensation in VCF1, in most cases, you do not need to submit proof of presence in support of your claim. Registration is not the same as filing a claim. You should still submit other evidence (such as contemporaneous documents, Witness Presence Statements, or affidavits) demonstrating that you were physically present in the NYC Exposure Zone during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, through May 30, 2002, when you submit your claim. This relatively common form of cancer tends to be found in older men, especially those who have other significant health issues. Required documentation for settled lawsuits: You must certify on your claim form that you have satisfied the requirements for settling your lawsuit. This means that a claimant must know (or reasonably should know) both of the physical injury or condition and that there is a causal connection between the injury or condition and 9/11-related exposure. In order to process a claim filed by someone other than the victim, the Special Master must first validate the individuals authority to represent the victim for the VCF claim. Registration preserves the right to file your claim in the future, waives no legal rights, and does not obligate you to file a claim. If you or a loved one suffer from prostate cancer related to exposure from September 11th, contact a 9/11 prostate cancer attorney at Pitta & Baione by completing our online contact form or calling us at 844-982-2667. Note: The VCF is not able to pay any physician for providing this information or documentation. Once the VCF receives your Claim Form and the completed Exhibit A Authorization for Release of Medical Records- the VCF will request information directly from the WTC Health Program to determine whether you have an eligible condition. If you were employed by JP Morgan Chase and worked at a JP Morgan Chase office located in the NYC Exposure Zone during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, through May 30, 2002, JP Morgan Chase may be able to provide you with a letter verifying your presence. The Claim Filing Deadline is the same for everyone. We will explain both the World Trade Center Health Program, Victim Compensation Fund and qualifying cancers covered by Zadroga Bill in more detail during your appointment. One out of every nine men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. The VCF verifies and authenticates all documents you submit with your claim. The VCF has detailed information on VCF policies and procedures. When you submit a VCF claim, you waive your right to file a civil action (or to be a party to an action) in any federal or state court for damages sustained as a result of the terrorist- related aircraft crashes of 9/11, or for damages arising from or related to debris removal. You should contact the employee verifications team by email at hrsd.employee.verifications@jpmchase.com and request that they directly send the VCF a work location history letter. In order to be eligible for compensation under the VCF, an individual must have been present at a 9/11 crash site or in locations of debris removal at any point during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, through May 30, 2002. Dismissal/withdrawal before January 2, 2012 (notice of withdrawal will suffice). If you were employed by the NYC Department of Buildings and worked at an office located in the NYC Exposure Zone during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, through May 30, 2002, they may be able to provide you with a letter verifying your presence. The VCF works directly with the Department of Sanitation to verify the presence of employees who participated in the rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts. The adult child can then authorize the VCF to share information about the claim with a parent by adding the parent as an Alternative Contact on the claim form. Learn more. If you were a Red Cross volunteer in the NYC Exposure Zone during the period beginning September 11, 2001, through May 30, 2002, the Red Cross may be able to provide documents and/or information directly to the VCF regarding your presence at the site. As a result, FDNY firefighters and fire officers do not need to submit any documents as proof of presence at the site unless the VCF specifically requests such documents. We will contact you if we need additional information from you after reviewing your claim form and the letter. The Special Master recognizes, however, that such documents may no longer exist or may be impossible to obtain. 107-71, to provide compensation for any individual (or a personal representative of a deceased individual) who suffered physical harm or was killed as a result of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, or the debris removal efforts that took place in the immediate aftermath of those crashes. Therefore, you should still submit other evidence (such as contemporaneous documents, Witness Presence Statements, or affidavits) demonstrating that you were physically present in the NYC Exposure Zone during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, through May 30, 2002. Below is a sample of some of our recent awards for our clients: $4.4 million. This is condition specific that is, timely settlement/release/dismissal based on specific conditions does not render earlier conditions for which an individual may be certified or verified (on which a lawsuit was not timely settled/released/dismissed) eligible for compensation. If the WTC Health Program notifies us that you have been certified for an eligible physical health condition, we accept that certification as proof of your eligible condition, subject to the other requirements for eligibility. In many cases, the VCF can obtain additional information from third parties. This is true regardless of the date on which the earlier condition is certified or verified. Note that these records provided to the VCF do not include all NYCTA employees who were involved in the emergency response effort. The VCF does not require any of the forms to be completed by your physician; you may complete the Treating Physician Information Form.. [1] Please note that a determination of this sort, which is sufficient to establish that the claimant reasonably should have known that he or she was eligible to file a claim, is not necessarily sufficient to establish that a claimant suffers from an eligible condition or that the claimant has a disability that warrants an economic loss award. This process, which is entirely automated checks to confirm the receipt of two specific documents the VCF must have before we can begin our preliminary review of a claim: After allowing time for these documents to be received by the VCF, the automated process will confirm that both documents are present in the online system according to the document type associated with each document. For uniformed NYPD members, the VCF will consider the documents listed below helpful in establishing presence. Contacting the FDNY directly will not expedite the processing of your claim and, in fact, may delay claims processing by tying up limited resources at the FDNY. It will speed the processing of your claim if Bank of America sends the letter directly to the VCF on your behalf. While the National Guard may be able to confirm whether an individual was on Active Duty, it does not have records that would confirm the actual location of the work. You should also notify us once you have requested the letter from Bank of America so we know to expect it in support of your claim. Those dates are: October 12, 2012, for the various cancers identified in the WTC Health Program rule of the same date, February 18, 2014, for Rare Cancers that meet the definition as explained by the WTC Health Program on the same date, January 18, 2023, for Uterine Cancer, including endometrial cancer. Dismissal: Lawsuit Fully Dismissed or Withdrawn (no settlement). Please note that you can seek certification for treatment from the WTC Health Program for purposes of your VCF claim and still be treated for your certified condition by a physician outside of the WTC Health Program. Witness Presence Statement. The statute requires that, to be eligible, you must have at least one WTC-Related Physical Health Condition. All documents submitted for a claim are subject to verification and authentication procedures undertaken independently by the VCF. All Claimants who received coverage for certain cancers under a Critical Injury Insurance policy through Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) as part of their 9/11-related lawsuit settlement are required to provide the VCF with a copy of their policy document and the amount of any payment received under the policy. Generally, the VCF provides compensation for the physical injuries and conditions that the WTC Health Program has found to be related to 9/11 and therefore are on the list of conditionsestablished by the WTC Health Program. If your office or work or volunteer location was located in the NYC Exposure Zone, or you were present at a 9/11 site because your job required you to be there, you should review the list in Section 1.9 to see if the VCF has a relationship with your employer or organization to get presence information directly from them on your behalf. If, however, your certified condition is not among the list of conditions that the VCF considers to be presumptively severe and it significantly impairs activities of daily living, or if the certification does not reflect the severity of the condition, you may want to submit supporting medical documentation related to your condition to help the VCF evaluate the severity and effect of the condition in order to determine whether an increased non-economic loss award within the appropriate range is warranted. Settled fully and release tendered on or before the date on which NIOSH added the individuals eligible condition to the list of qualified physical injuries. Settled fully and release tendered on or before January 2, 2011. The Special Master exercises this discretion only in very limited circumstances. The court order establishing that the action has been discontinued and/or dismissed, or the notice/letter of withdrawal filed on the ECF system in the relevant docket, must be dated on or before the date you submit your claim or amendment. Therefore, settlement payments from lawsuits that were timely settled and released will be deducted from VCF awards. We also understand that some individuals have registered with the VCF to preserve their right to file a claim in the future, but are currently not sick and therefore are not eligible to file a claim unless their circumstances change at some point in the future. If any of the above documents are missing or insufficient, the VCF will send you a missing information letter and place the claim in Inactive status. Skin Cancer. Different types of documentation are required depending on the representatives relationship to the victim. The VCFAct states that if an individual tendered a release after the VCFAct was enacted on January 2, 2011, the individual is not eligible for the VCF. 111-347. [6] All witness statements in support of presence must use the Witness Presence Statement form. If you would like the VCF to contact the U.S. Department of Labor, you must contact the VCF Helpline to request a FECA Authorization Form, and then submit the completed form to the VCF. The two types of primary evidence described above (Third-Party Verification or Contemporaneous Documents) are the best evidence that an individual was present during the relevant period. The VCF encourages everyone who was at an eligible location to gather documents now even if they are unsure about filing a claim in the future. The VCF Lead Personal Representative Designation Form includes information about the role of the Lead PR, and a summary of the rights and responsibilities of the other co-Personal Representatives. Over 70 cancers including Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer and many others plus breathing and digestive conditions. So if the first date an individual was present in the NYC Exposure Zone after 9/11 was September 14, 2001, the . See the. Filing a lawsuit after November 2016 waives your right to file a claim with the VCF. We will call the individual when we need to understand an inconsistency, confirm what appears to be a minor error (such as a date shown as 2011 instead of 2001), or to verify information already contained in the Witness Presence Statement. Every year, another 15,000 Veterans are diagnosed with prostate cancer. The WTC Health Programs general guidelines are summarized below. A civil action to recover collateral source obligations. Additional information about the VCF appeals and hearings process can be found in Section 4. The forms and instructions, as well as more detailed information on the process are available on our Private Physician resources page. In limited cases, the FDNY may be able to provide documents and/or information directly to the VCF regarding proof of an EMS members presence at the site. As a result, ConEd employees do not need to submit any documents as proof of presence at the site unless the VCF specifically requests such documents. Your proof of timely withdrawal or dismissal of any remaining claims must be dated no later than the date you submit your claim or amendment seeking compensation for that condition. Registration serves only to alert the VCF that you may be a potential claimant; and it meets the legal requirement of timeliness set forth in the law. NOTE: The parent should not be listed on the claim form as an Authorized Representative as this designation is only applicable to Personal Representatives of deceased individuals, and court-appointed guardians of incapacitated adults. Please keep in mind, however, that VCF staff will not be reviewing these documents for sufficiency until your claim form and all required supporting documents are submitted. To register with the VCF you must do one of the following: In general, claimants are considered to have registered on time if their registration is submitted within two years of the date on which the claimant knew or reasonably should have known: (1) that the victim suffered a physical harm as a result of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, or debris removal in the immediate aftermath, and (2) that the claimant was eligible to file a claim with the VCF. The CWA, District 1 union maintained lists of: Note that these lists do not include all Lucent employees who were involved in the emergency response effort. You can notify us by uploading a note to your claim, or by calling our Helpline. Part 104. Kreindler has been helping 9/11 victims since 2001, and to-date, we have helped our clients recover more than $3 billion through the Victim Compensation Fund. The VCF may be able to obtain records confirming presence from the New York State Workers Compensation Board for individuals who have made a claim to the WTC Volunteer Fund based on their 9/11-related work.