The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a hematologic disability, including MDS and AML, due to exposure during service as an x-ray specialist. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service record shows he served as an x-ray technician for over 15 years, which may be relevant to his current claims.
- Claimed conditions
- hematologic disability, including myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23044708
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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: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board granted TDIU on the basis of substitution.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, specifically to obtain a medical opinion addressing the Veteran's claimed exposure to benzene and other toxic substances during service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 due to an inadequate medical opinion and a need for additional development regarding potential exposures during service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.
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