The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to exposure to herbicide agents, specifically B-cell leukemia. The effective date is set at July 30, 1999, which is when a claim for DIC was first received.
The deciding factor: No earlier effective date can be established as no claim was filed within one year of the Veteran's death and the appellant is a Nehmer class member.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Burkitt's leukemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2015
- Citation
- 1518662
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acute lymphoblastic leukemia is at least as likely as not related to his in-service exposure to radiation, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error regarding the cause of death and whether acute lymphoblastic leukemia was caused by exposure to herbicide agents in service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and a medical opinion regarding the cause of death.
- Granted
The Veteran's type 2 diabetes mellitus is presumed to have been incurred as a result of his Vietnam service. The physician provided medical evidence that the Veteran's elevated blood sugar levels due to his diabetes mellitus contributed substantially to his death from sepsis shock following a stem cell transplant.
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