The Board has determined that the veteran's Castleman's disease is presumed to be caused by his exposure to herbicides during service, specifically Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: Castleman's disease can be medically considered a type of lymphoma and is presumptively associated with exposure to herbicides due to its similarity to other enumerated diseases on the Agent Orange list.
- Claimed conditions
- Castleman's disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0720069
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for Castleman's disease to obtain a new VA medical opinion that adequately considers the Veteran's herbicide exposure.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Castleman's disease and POEMS syndrome with polyneuropathy in multiple extremities, as well as asthma. Service connection was denied for sleep apnea due to lack of evidence linking it to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the Veteran's correct diagnosis and its relationship to service. The Veteran is seeking service connection for Castleman's disease, but there are conflicting reports of his actual diagnosis.
- Granted
The Veteran's Castleman's disease is related to his herbicide exposure in service and the Board has granted entitlement to service connection for this condition.
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