The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's exposure to hazardous chemicals during service, and a VA medical opinion is needed to determine if such exposure contributed to his death from acute myelocytic leukemia.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence of exposure to hazardous chemicals in service to support direct service connection for cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute myelocytic leukemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2014
- Citation
- 1406038
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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: Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to acute myelocytic leukemia, which was determined to be related to his military service in Vietnam.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for acute myelocytic leukemia, claimed as promyelocytic leukemia.,The Board also dismissed the Veteran's appeal for an evaluation in excess of 40 percent for his lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and spinal fusion. The TDIU claim was granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not related to service-connected disability, and the Board found no evidence linking his leukemia to exposure to hazardous chemicals during service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Appellant's request to reopen her claim of service connection for cause of death and has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, acute myelocytic leukemia, is related to exposure to herbicides during military service. The Board found a positive medical opinion linking the condition to Agent Orange exposure.
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