The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's cause of death, multiple myeloma, is due to service and thus grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran was exposed to herbicide agents in service, which presumed his multiple myeloma. The Board found that it is as likely as not that the veteran's multiple myeloma contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple Myeloma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0005419
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Denied
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