The Veteran's service connection claim for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia is granted as the Board finds that it is at least as likely as not related to his in-service herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the Veteran’s CMML was directly connected to herbicide exposure that occurred in-service, granting the benefit of doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19116392
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 23, 2011, for the grant of service connection for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and denied an earlier effective date prior to November 24, 2020, for special monthly compensation based on housebound status.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on his credible assertions of repeated presence near the perimeter of Korat RTAFB and exposure to herbicide agents.
- Denied
The Veteran's acute myeloid leukemia was not shown to be related to his military service, including herbicide exposure in Vietnam. The Board denied the claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of death due to lack of evidence linking leukemia, a non-B-cell type of leukemia, to service or presumed herbicide exposure. The Veteran's death was attributed to chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.
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