The Board granted service connection for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) as secondary to the service-connected CMML.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a medical opinion linking the Veteran's CMML to exposure to herbicides during service, and AML being a known precursor of CMML.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066952
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- 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.
- Granted
Service connection for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is granted due to the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents while stationed in Vietnam.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of hypertension and CMML for a VA clinician to provide an opinion on whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange during service. The opinions must consider the updated classification of hypertension from 'limited or suggestive' to 'sufficient' evidence.
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