The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for lymphocytic leukemia and non-arteritic ischemic anterior optic neuropathy due to insufficient evidence regarding his alleged exposure to Agent Orange during active duty. The Veteran must provide additional information or evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence was provided to verify the Veteran’s claimed exposure to Agent Orange, which is required for a presumptive service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- lymphocytic leukemia, non-arteritic ischemic anterior optic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107024
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What this means for you
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