The Veteran's CLL is granted with an effective date of September 17, 2013, the date he submitted a supplemental claim form seeking service connection for CLL.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran had established entitlement to service connection for CLL on a direct basis due to exposure at Camp Lejeune and awarded an earlier effective date based on his submission of a supplemental claim form in September 2013, which indicated he wished to file a claim for CLL.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19100207
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.
What you can do next
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