The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for cause of death due to adult leukemia, finding that the earliest possible effective date is March 14, 2017, based on the liberalizing law allowing presumptive service connection for certain diseases, including adult leukemia, based on exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The Veteran's intent to file a claim was received within one year of this effective date.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is not an earlier filed claim for service connection for cause of death and the earliest possible effective date allowed by law in this case is March 14, 2017, the date of the liberalizing law allowing presumptive service connection for certain diseases, including adult leukemia, based on exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2023
- Citation
- 23014151
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