The Veteran's AML required a bone marrow transplant and had infections recurring at least once every six weeks from June 13, 2012 to March 16, 2016. The Board granted an initial disability rating of 100 percent for this period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's AML required a bone marrow transplant and had infections recurring at least once every six weeks from June 13, 2012 to March 16, 2016, which met the criteria for a 100% disability rating under Diagnostic Code 7716.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Anemia, Aplastic Anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19103985
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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