Claimants would have to assemble extensive evidence including sophisticated medical tests to prove specific diseases. Such a
requirement would be burdensome, expensive and emotionally
trying for the claimants. The transaction costs of such adistribution plan would be substantial.26Moreover, the plan was potentially divisive, where “a handful of veterans might get largerecoveries, while the vast majority would get nothing, all on the basis of controversial andspeculative causal distinctions.”27C.Adoption of the Special Master’ s PlanBefore analyzing the distribution plan offered by the Special Master, JudgeWeinstein emphasized that[a] distribution plan for a settlement in a tort class action should as
far as possible reflect the traditional tort law principle that individuals will receive monetary compensation for their injuries. .