The Board has determined that the original grant of service connection for neutropenia was clearly and unmistakably erroneous, and thus severed service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show treatment for or diagnosis of residuals of malaria, to include neutropenia.
- Claimed conditions
- neutropenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19148329
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal due to an improper concurrent election of review options.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for neutropenia and nodular scleritis, resolving reasonable doubts in the Veteran's favor. The claim for autoimmune disease was remanded due to a pre-decisional error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the current rating decision is not definitive on the issue of service connection for an infectious disease, and thus remanded to obtain additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a hematological condition, including anemia and neutropenia, finding that there was no evidence to support a direct relationship between his current conditions and his military service.
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