A 25-year-old Navy sailor who was aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier during the Japanese Fukushima reactor disaster presents to you 1 year following his service. He states that his ship was 100 miles off the Japanese coast and he never experienced any symptoms during his military service. He is now experiencing nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea and is concerned that this may be related to his military service and is seeking financial remuneration for radiation sickness. He wore a radiation badge that never registered a dose above 3.6 mSV. Which of the following is true? the symptoms are related to his military service, symptoms are not related to his service, background radiation is less than 1 msv, the minimal dose to develop radiation sickness is 1 msv or acute radiation sickness may occur upto 1 year after exposure
