The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cause of death due to AML and myelodysplastic syndrome, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion found that the Veteran’s AML and myelodysplastic syndrome were not related to his military service, including herbicide agent exposure, due to a lack of evidence in the service records and the examiner's conclusion that Agent Orange was unlikely to have predisposed the Veteran to these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19157948
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