The Board found that the Veteran's Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) was not incurred in service and did not manifest within one year of service separation. The claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be established as ALL was not shown to have been incurred or aggravated during active duty, nor was it related to any known clinical disease by history, physical examination, or laboratory tests.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19155178
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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