The Board has granted the Appellant's claim for an effective date of September 11, 2012 for her entitlement to DIC based on service-connected cause of death due to chronic myelogenous leukemia. The Board found that the evidence supports a medical link between the Veteran’s chronic myelogenous leukemia and exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Appellant filed a September 11, 2012 claim for DIC based on service-connected cause of death due to chronic myelogenous leukemia. The evidence supported a medical link between the Veteran’s chronic myelogenous leukemia and exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic myelogenous leukemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19177141
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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