The Board denied service connection for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) as it was not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a causal relationship between the Veteran's AML and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19148768
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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