The Board has determined that the reduction of the rating for Hodgkin's disease from 100 percent to 10 percent, effective October 1, 2001, was proper. The veteran is not entitled to a higher disability rating as his residuals are not related to the service-connected Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that there has been no recurrence of active Hodgkin's disease after completion of therapy in January 2000 and the claimed residuals are not shown to be related to the service-connected Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Claimed conditions
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2005
- Citation
- 0503233
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Hodgkin's lymphoma, finding that the Veteran was exposed to commercial herbicides and pesticides during her service on Galeta Island in Panama, which contributed to her development of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, asthma disorder, and Hodgkin's lymphoma to correct a pre-decisional error of the duty to assist.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date and TDIU due to duty-to-assist errors, including unaddressed exposure to AFFF and a missing medical opinion on etiology.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection of Hodgkin's lymphoma, scars secondary to Hodgkin's lymphoma, and vitiligo as secondary to Hodgkin's lymphoma, all based on the PACT Act.
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