The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for CLL and found that new and material evidence has been submitted. The claim may now be considered on its merits.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion indicated that radiation exposure caused the Veteran's CLL, despite the fact that he is not subject to the presumptions under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309 or § 3.311 due to CLL being specifically excluded from radiogenic diseases.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1022897
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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