The Board has granted service connection for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), finding that both conditions are related to the Veteran's exposure to herbicides during service.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted on a secondary basis as CMML is a known precursor of AML, which was previously found to be due to the Veteran's service-connected CMML.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066952
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Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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