The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, claimed as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange due to a lack of evidence establishing an etiological relationship between the condition and the exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no convincing medical evidence that the veteran's CLL is etiologically related to exposure to Agent Orange during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0110679
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What this means for you
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