The Board found that the veteran does not have essential thrombocythemia due to service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient evidence to relate the veteran's diagnosed condition of essential thrombocythemia to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- essential thrombocythemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0828016
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's essential thrombocythemia is remanded for further evaluation and clarification of its etiology.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 70 percent for essential thrombocythemia from August 10, 2022, to April 7, 2025. From January 1, 2025, he was granted a TDIU.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's acute myeloblastic leukemia is granted as presumptively related to exposure at Camp LeJeune. The claim for essential thrombocythemia remains pending and requires a new VA medical opinion.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied a higher disability rating for the Veteran's hiatal hernia with GERD and remanded the claim for service connection for essential thrombocythemia.
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