The Veteran's cause of death was caused by AML, which the VA Secretary has recognized as a disability that may be related to exposure to herbicides. The Board finds that his AML is at least as likely as not due to such exposure.,Service connection for AML for accrued benefits purposes is granted because the evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's AML was caused by exposure to herbicides during service.
The deciding factor: The private physician provided a positive nexus opinion between the Veteran's AML and his presumed in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia (AML), Hemorrhage, Hyperkalemia, Tumor Lysis Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2015
- Citation
- 1542978
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