The Board has restored service connection for mycosis fungoides and remanded the issue of service connection for chronic kidney disease/failure due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found clear and unmistakable error in severing service connection for mycosis fungoides, restoring it from March 1, 2006. The issue of new and material evidence was dismissed as moot by the restoration of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- mycosis fungoides, chronic kidney disease/failure
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20035819
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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