The Board granted service connection for neutropenia and nodular scleritis, resolving reasonable doubts in the Veteran's favor. The claim for autoimmune disease was remanded due to a pre-decisional error.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in approximate balance as to whether the conditions are related to an in-service event, injury, or disease, including exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. Resolving reasonable doubts in the Veteran's favor, service connection was granted for neutropenia and nodular scleritis.
- Claimed conditions
- neutropenia, nodular scleritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24071987
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal due to an improper concurrent election of review options.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the current rating decision is not definitive on the issue of service connection for an infectious disease, and thus remanded to obtain additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a hematological condition, including anemia and neutropenia, finding that there was no evidence to support a direct relationship between his current conditions and his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied retroactive benefits under Nehmer and the revision of the January 2008 rating decision on CUE, as the requirements for both were not met. The effective date for service connection for cause of death was also denied.
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