The Veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability, and the Board denied presumptive service connection based on exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence linking the cause of the Veteran’s death to service or exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute myeloid leukemia bone marrow neoplasm, Myelodysplastic syndrome, Sepsis with methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus in chronic wounds, Hemochromatosis, Chronic lung disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19126342
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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