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是的，您可以在2090年10月1日之前的任何时间修改您的人身伤害索赔，以添加新疾病或提出对新损失的赔偿。您可以在我们的网站上的《表格和资源》下找到有关如何提交修改的完整说明。在已故索赔中（即代表其因9/11相关的符合资格的疾病而死亡的受害者提出的索赔），在VCF完成对赔偿的实质性审核后，您将不会被允许修改您的索赔（例外情况除外）。针对已故索赔的修改的更多信息，可以在VCF《政策和程序》的第5节中找到。

VCF将审核您随修改一起提交的信息，并会通知您我们审核的结果。如果VCF认为您有资格获得对新疾病的赔偿并且您正在要求与该疾病相关的额外损失的赔偿，则您还必须提交赔偿修改。

请注意：您的VCF的赔偿金额并非基于您具有的被认证的疾病的数量，而是取决于这些疾病对您日常生活所造成的严重程度和影响。在许多情况下，添加的疾病被发现有资格并不会改变VCF赔偿的数额，除非新的疾病是癌症，而已经获得的赔偿仅基于非癌症的疾病。

在某些情况下，修改您的索赔并不会改变给您的赔偿金额。您在提交修改之前，请先考虑下面的例子。

Dear Friends,

On July 29, 2019, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1327, The Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund ("VCF"). The VCF Permanent Authorization Act extends the VCF’s claim filing deadline from December 18, 2020, to October 1, 2090, and appropriates such funds as may be necessary to pay all approved claims.

On June 11, 2019, the Special Master testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties with regard to H.R. 1327, legislation to permanently extend authorization for the VCF. View her full testimony.

Fiscal Year 2014 was a very productive year at the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. In our first two years, we were focused on everything required to start a significant new program, including hiring staff, developing claim forms and ways to process those forms, and reaching out to prospective claimants to file their claims. This year, we were focused on processing and paying claims, and we have seen positive results.

Every year on September 11th we reflect on the lives that were forever changed by that terrible day. At the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, we are working harder than ever to assist the survivors who have been injured as a result of 9/11. We have made great strides in the past year, resulting in 7,885 claimants being found eligible to receive compensation and issuing 1,843 compensation decisions totaling $493,768,674. But this somber anniversary is, for the Fund, not a moment to pause, but rather a reminder that we must increase our efforts and build on our recent progress.

Today, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) issued updated program statistics. This report shows the progress we have made over the past few months. As of June 30, 2014, the VCF has issued 7,075 eligibility decisions and 1,145 compensation decisions. For the second quarter in a row, the number of issued compensation decisions has increased by more than 100% over the previous quarter.

I am pleased to announce that the first VCF appeal hearings were held on January 29, 2014 at the VCF office in New York City.

All claimants have the opportunity to appeal the VCF decision if their claim is denied as ineligible due to such circumstances as missing proof of presence, or if a particular injury or illness is denied as ineligible. A claimant also has the opportunity to appeal a compensation calculation.

Dear Friends:

I am pleased to announce that the VCF is now accepting claims applications on its website, www.VCF.gov. Users who have registered for the Fund can fill-out an online Eligibility Form that will be used to determine whether you are eligible for compensation through the VCF. If you are found eligible, you will be invited to complete the Compensation Form, which will be used to determine the amount of compensation you are owed.