The Board has determined that the Veteran's acute myeloid leukemia was not incurred or aggravated during service, nor may it be presumed to have been incurred therein. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA Secretary’s determination based on the National Academy of Sciences’ findings indicates no positive association between exposure to herbicides and acute myeloid leukemia.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute myeloid leukemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19196137
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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, acute myeloid leukemia, which was determined to be related to in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for cause of the Veteran's death and dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, survivors' pension, and accrued benefits due to a lack of an etiology opinion regarding whether the Veteran's acute myeloid leukemia is related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for cause of the Veteran's death and dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, survivors' pension, and accrued benefits due to a lack of an etiology opinion regarding whether the Veteran's acute myeloid leukemia is related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Granted
The Veteran's acute myeloid leukemia is presumed to have been related to contaminated water exposure during his active duty service at Camp Lejeune, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition as an accrued benefit.
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