The Board granted the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's AML was related to his active duty service and granting a grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s AML was less likely than not caused by exposure to Agent Orange during military service but more likely associated with multiple myeloma.
- Claimed conditions
- AML, thrombocytopenia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19161551
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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.
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