The Board denied the appellant's request for an effective date prior to March 14, 2017 for DIC and DEA benefits due to the liberalizing law that allowed presumptive service connection for adult leukemia at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The effective date for the grant of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is March 14, 2017, which is also the earliest possible effective date for DIC and DEA benefits due to the liberalizing law that added adult leukemia to the list of presumptive diseases.
- Claimed conditions
- adult leukemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2021
- Citation
- 21063768
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