The Veteran's CTCL of the left heel is granted as a form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma due to presumed exposure, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that CTCL is a form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma and granted service connection based on presumptive exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- cutaneous T cell lymphoma, non-Hodgkins lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19126668
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