The Board has granted service connection for aplastic anemia due to exposure to herbicide agents, finding that the evidence supports a link between in-service herbicide exposure and the current diagnosis.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by both private providers and VA examiners support a nexus between the appellant's exposure to herbicides during service and his current diagnosis of aplastic anemia.
- Claimed conditions
- aplastic anemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1025108
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
Service connection for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is granted. The Board found that PNH was at least as likely as not due to service-connected aplastic anemia.
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