The Veteran's cause of death is denied as there was no service connection for the conditions that caused his death, and there was no evidence of herbicide exposure during service.
The deciding factor: There was no direct or presumptive service connection found for the causes of the Veteran’s death, and there was no evidence of herbicide exposure in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19182363
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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