The Board has granted service connection for acute myelocytic leukemia due to exposure to Agent Orange during service and also grants the cause of death claim.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on herbicide agent exposure, specifically Agent Orange, which is presumed in veterans who served in Vietnam. The Veteran's cause of death was attributed to his previously service-connected acute myelocytic leukemia.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Myelocytic Leukemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20059698
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the grant of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was not based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE), thus the severance of service connection is improper.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for Acute Myelocytic Leukemia and Myelofibrosis due to insufficient medical opinion regarding presumed exposure to Agent Orange.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for Acute Myelocytic Leukemia, claimed as due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, is granted under the presumption of service connection.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Acute Myelocytic Leukemia (AML) and ordered further development to assign a disability rating and effective date.
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