The Board found that the Veteran's Chronic Myeloid Leukemia did not have its onset in service or within one year thereafter, and has not been etiologically linked to his service or any incident therein, including exposure to herbicide agents. Therefore, service connection for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia was denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's CML was not diagnosed until 2007, which is more than 36 years after his separation from service. The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's CML was less likely related to his service or exposure to herbicide agents due to its genetic predisposition and lack of evidence linking herbicide exposure to CML.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2018
- Citation
- 1800396
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