The Board has granted an effective date of April 1, 2017 for the award of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The decision is based on new evidence received after a previous denial in June 2020.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was approximately evenly balanced as to whether entitlement to DIC based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death arose prior to or contemporaneous with the appellant's May 2017 claim, and resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2024
- Citation
- A24037654
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What this means for you
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