The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, acute leukemia, was not caused or contributed to by any service-connected disability. The appellant could not establish a connection between the veteran's radiation exposure during service and his subsequent development of leukemia.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of ionizing radiation exposure in service, and the Board found that the veteran did not develop a radiogenic disease within the applicable presumptive period.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute leukemia, Myelofibrosis, Thrombocytopenia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0206602
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