The veteran's claim for service connection of chronic lymphocytic leukemia was received by the RO on September 15, 2000. The effective date is set at September 15, 2000, as he is entitled to this earlier date due to a liberalizing regulation and his Vietnam-era service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim for service connection was received by the RO on September 15, 2000, which is later than the effective date of the regulation establishing a presumption of service connection for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (October 16, 2003).
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2007
- Citation
- 0702818
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