The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for Acute Myelocytic Leukemia and Myelofibrosis due to insufficient medical opinion regarding presumed exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The VA needs a new medical opinion on whether the Veteran's AML and myelofibrosis are related to his presumed exposure to Agent Orange, including any potential link to benzene components of Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Myelocytic Leukemia, Myelofibrosis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18155408
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran was a radiation-exposed veteran, which allows for presumptive service connection for leukemia. As such, the cause of death is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance for an examination addressing whether the appellant requires regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cause of death to address questions regarding the Veteran's myelofibrosis and coronary artery disease, specifically whether they were related to his period of active service or contributed to his death.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the grant of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was not based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE), thus the severance of service connection is improper.
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