The Board has granted service connection for plasmacytoma, claimed as secondary to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's multiple myeloma was related to in-service exposure to contaminated water containing benzene at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The medical treatise evidence supports a relationship between multiple myeloma and exposure to contaminated water containing benzene at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- plasmacytoma, multiple myeloma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19105046
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple myeloma, finding no evidence that the Veteran's condition was related to his military service.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all claims on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple myeloma, finding that the Veteran's condition was caused by his conceded in-service toxic risk exposure activities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for multiple myeloma due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not providing the Veteran with a VA examination and medical opinion.
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