The Board has restored service connection for histiocytic type malignant lymphoma, finding that the prior denial was due to clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The Board determined there was clear and unmistakable error in the previous decision denying service connection based on new evidence of a plausible herbicide exposure claim.
- Claimed conditions
- histiocytic type malignant lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0418252
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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