The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to lack of exposure to ionizing radiation during service, despite later information suggesting possible exposure. The appellant was granted service connection based on a legal presumption after her remarriage and age.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a causal relationship between the veteran's leukemia and his alleged exposure to ionizing radiation in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0211936
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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