The Veteran's CMML is granted as service connected due to exposure to herbicides and/or contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, with presumptive service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was exposed to herbicides in service and subsequently developed a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) associated with exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, which is considered presumptively related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19137896
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