The Board denied service connection for the cause of death and denied Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits because there was no evidence linking the veteran's service-connected conditions to his death or to any exposure in service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the veteran's service-connected disabilities, including hemorrhoids, lymphadenitis, hydradenitis, and orchitis/epididymitis, and his cause of death from acute leukemia. The Board also found that there was no evidence linking exposure to herbicides in Vietnam to the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute leukemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0117850
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