The Board has determined that the Veteran's diagnosed leukemia is due to exposure to toxic chemicals during his service, and thus grants service connection for the condition.
The deciding factor: The May 2019 opinion from a private physician established a link between the Veteran's current acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and his in-service exposure to toxic chemicals such as ethylene glycol and dry solvent.
- Claimed conditions
- Leukemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19163998
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his leukemia was related to in-service exposure to jet fuels, benzene, and TCE.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of [REDACTED], 2016, for the award of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) based on direct service connection for the Veteran's cause of death.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for leukemia and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on the Veteran's death, finding that his in-service exposure to chemicals contributed to his leukemia which was a significant cause of his death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for leukemia to afford the Veteran a VA examination to determine its nature and etiology.
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