The Veteran's cause of death was granted retroactive service connection for the purpose of entitlement to retroactive benefits, and an effective date of November 15, 1998 is granted.
The deciding factor: The claim was considered as a new and material application for service connection based on prior denial in 1998.
- Claimed conditions
- gas gangrene, granulocytopenia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20040355
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the causes of death and their relation to service-connected disabilities. The Appellant is asked to provide records from University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, and a VA examiner will be requested to provide an addendum opinion.
- Granted
The Veteran's cause of death, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, is found to be related to service and thus service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal for the issues noted on page one of this decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for the cause of his death and for Chapter 35 benefits due to a lack of legal merit or entitlement under the law.
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