The Board granted service connection for stage IV mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) under the PACT Act, effective August 10, 2022.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran's active military service in Southwest Asia after August 2, 1990, which falls under the presumptive provisions of the PACT Act for certain cancers, including mantle cell lymphoma.
- Claimed conditions
- stage IV mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25039079
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,592 · Granted: 19% (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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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 3, 2025 for service connection of MCL on a direct basis is granted. The claims for earlier effective dates for the grant of SMC and evaluation of 100 percent for MCL are remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claim for stage IV mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is remanded due to a duty to assist error regarding radiation exposure during military service. The Board finds that the Under Secretary for Health should prepare a dose estimate based on available methodologies, given the Veteran's assignment at Crailsheim, Germany from December 1986 to September 1991, in the fallout zone of the Chernobyl event.
- Granted
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- Dismissed
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