The Board remands the service connection claim for acute myeloid leukemia due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding exposure to herbicide agents during service in Panama.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to verify the Veteran's reported exposure to herbicide agents during his service in the Panama Canal Zone.
- Claimed conditions
- acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24063636
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.
- Denied
The appeal for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was dismissed, and entitlement to service connection for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) for purposes of accrued benefits was denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate and bladder cancers.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) because it was not due to the Veteran's presumed in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) was dismissed because the veteran died while the appeal was pending.
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