The Board granted an effective date of May 1, 1988 for the award of dependency and indemnity compensation due to a liberalizing law that made lymphomas presumptively service-connected for radiation-exposed veterans.
The deciding factor: The appellant filed an Eligibility Verification Report in October 1988, which was considered equivalent to a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation within one year of the effective date of the liberalizing law (May 1, 1988).
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lymphocytic lymphoma, pulmonary embolism with infarction
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0021383
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What this means for you
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