The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic anemia is related to his service exposure to Agent Orange, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Doctors have opined both that the Veteran's chronic anemia could be due to Agent Orange exposure and that it is less likely than not related to exposure since he has not been diagnosed with a blood disorder on the Agent Orange presumption list. The Board resolves reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic anemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1745596
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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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