The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death based on claimed in-service ionizing radiation exposure, and also denied entitlement to dependents' educational assistance benefits (DEA). The appellant argued that the veteran developed CMML due to inservice exposure while exploring ground zero of the Nevada nuclear test site. However, the Board found no evidence supporting this claim.
The deciding factor: The VA could not establish any radiation exposure during service and there was insufficient evidence linking the veteran's CMML to in-service ionizing radiation exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0636899
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