Granted
The veteran's acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is service-connected as secondary to his service-connected prostate and bladder cancers.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's AML would have been less severe but for his service-connected disabilities because the cancers impeded his treatment for the AML.
- Claimed conditions
- acute myeloid leukemia (AML), prostate cancer, bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25001265
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