The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, with the exception of chronic kidney disease and numbness in his upper and lower extremities. The Board has found that he developed mantle cell lymphoma due to exposure to solvents like trichloroethylene (TCE) during service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were based on direct evidence linking his conditions to service, with the exception of chronic kidney disease which was not definitively linked in the current record. The Board found that the Veteran had a history of exposure to solvents and TCE during service, leading to his mantle cell lymphoma.
- Claimed conditions
- mantle cell (non-Hodgkin's) lymphoma, splenomegaly with splenectomy, chronic kidney disease, left arm skin cancer, right arm skin cancer, left upper extremity numbness, right upper extremity numbness, left lower extremity numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19118221
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