The Board has determined that a compensable rating for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is not warranted, and the Veteran's right ankle disorder is not found to be aggravated by his service-connected non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support finding active disease or recurrence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The examiner did not find any residuals from the condition that would warrant a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7715. Regarding the right ankle disorder, the addendum opinion was requested to determine if it is at least as likely as not aggravated by his service-connected non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, right ankle disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1723491
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