The Board has decided to remand the claim of service connection for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) due to insufficient medical opinion regarding in-service radiation exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was deemed inadequate and further development is required, specifically obtaining a new medical opinion addressing the etiology of CML related to in-service radiation exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20066393
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,077 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic myeloid leukemia as the evidence of record does not support a finding that it is etiologically related to the Veteran's military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic myeloid leukemia based on the Veteran's exposure to toxic burn pits during his service in Afghanistan.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 22, 2021, for the grant of service connection for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and a 100 percent evaluation for CML for the period prior to March 1, 2025.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic myeloid leukemia, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether it is causally related to the Veteran's active-duty service.
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