The Veteran's cause of death, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), is found to be service-connected as a direct result of exposure to herbicide agents in service. The Board finds the evidence in equipoise regarding the nexus between AML and herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The positive opinion from Dr. J.K., an oncologist, outweighs the negative opinion from the VA examiner due to the contradiction in their findings.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193373
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