The Board remands the claim for service connection for leukemia to afford the Veteran a VA examination to determine its nature and etiology.
The deciding factor: The record does not contain sufficient information to make a decision on the issue, specifically lacking a nexus opinion linking the exposure to solvents/chemicals during service to his diagnosed chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- Claimed conditions
- Leukemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2022
- Citation
- 22000973
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his leukemia was related to in-service exposure to jet fuels, benzene, and TCE.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of [REDACTED], 2016, for the award of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) based on direct service connection for the Veteran's cause of death.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for leukemia and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on the Veteran's death, finding that his in-service exposure to chemicals contributed to his leukemia which was a significant cause of his death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The DIC claim is denied as the Veteran did not meet the criteria for receiving benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 due to his service-connected disability not being rated totally disabling for at least 10 years prior to death and he was not a prisoner of war. The cause of death remanded for further clarification on whether service-connected conditions contributed substantially or materially to the Veteran's death.
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