The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current disability related to an unspecified blood disorder, and thus service connection cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of current disability related to the claimed blood disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified blood disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2007
- Citation
- 0733421
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for unspecified blood disorder and peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, which were dismissed as a result.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for headaches, hypertension, and an unspecified blood disorder have been granted. The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for an unspecified blood disorder and thyroid cancer, finding no evidence of a current disability linked to the veteran's active duty. The claim for thyroid cancer was not considered secondary to herbicide exposure as the veteran served in Korea after the presumed period.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claims for service connection for an infection of the kidney and bladder, and an unspecified blood disorder were remanded to schedule a hearing.
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