The Board has determined that the veteran's acute myelocytic leukemia is due to exposure to ionizing radiation in service, leading to a grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: A VA physician provided an opinion supporting the claim based on documented medical evidence and literature.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Myelocytic Leukemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0611843
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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.
What you can do next
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