The Board denied service connection for myelofibrosis, finding no current diagnosis and insufficient evidence to establish a link between the condition and service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a diagnosed disability of myelofibrosis at any time during or recent to the filing of his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- myelofibrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21062369
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,456 · Granted: 23% (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
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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: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal as the proposed severance of service connection for prostate cancer and myelofibrosis was not a final decision, and thus premature.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's myelofibrosis, which was related to in-service herbicide exposure (Agent Orange), caused his death. Therefore, service connection for cause of death is granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for myelofibrosis and anemia, finding that there was no evidence of a causal relationship between these conditions and his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than April 26, 2021 for the award of service connection for graft versus host disease associated with myelofibrosis.
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