The Board granted an effective date of August 10, 2022, for service connection for Hodgkin's lymphoma under the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: Service connection could have been granted presumptively under the PACT Act, which results in an earlier effective date than the AOJ's grant on a direct basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25042231
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Hodgkin's lymphoma, finding that the Veteran was exposed to commercial herbicides and pesticides during her service on Galeta Island in Panama, which contributed to her development of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, asthma disorder, and Hodgkin's lymphoma to correct a pre-decisional error of the duty to assist.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for Hodgkin's lymphoma, as the Veteran’s condition has not been actively treated since 2020.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Hodgkin's lymphoma, hypertension, and Type II diabetes mellitus associated with herbicide agent exposure.
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