The Veteran's service connection claim for chronic myelogenous leukemia due to ionizing radiation exposure during his active duty is remanded. The VA will obtain and review the Veteran's records, including a Defense Threat Reduction Agency report, to determine if there was any residual ionizing radiation contamination on Johnston Island where he served.
The deciding factor: The case involves an 'other exposure claim' requiring VA to request and forward all available records of radiation exposure for dose estimation based on available methodologies.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic myelogenous leukemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19165959
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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