The Veteran's hairy-cell leukemia is granted as service connected due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his active duty in Thailand.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents while on TDY at the Royal Thai Air Force bases and provided credible evidence of this exposure, which meets the criteria for presumptive service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hairy-cell leukemia, chronic B-cell leukemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20012205
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