The veteran's claim for a compensable rating for status post T-cell lymphoma was denied as there is no evidence of active disease or recurrence.
The deciding factor: There is no current evidence of active T-cell lymphoma, and the veteran does not have any residuals that are medically attributed to his service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- T-cell lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0114631
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for T-cell lymphoma was granted on a presumptive basis pursuant to the PACT Act, effective August 10, 2022. The earlier effective date is denied.,SMC based on housebound status was granted effective August 10, 2022, and an earlier effective date is not warranted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the motion to revise or reverse a previous rating decision, finding that it was not clear and unmistakable error (CUE) for the April 2002 decision not to grant service connection for T-cell lymphoma from September 1996. The Veteran's earlier claim of peripheral neuropathy did not reasonably encompass T-cell lymphoma.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the February 2024 decision by the AOJ was legally inadequate due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error. The case is being remanded for further review and consideration of all relevant evidence, including medical opinions from the CEAT.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as there was no evidence that the Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents during his service or that his T-cell lymphoma, DM, and hypertension were caused by any incident of service.
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