The Board denied the claims for earlier effective dates for service connection, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, and Dependents Educational Assistance.
The deciding factor: The earliest date entitlement arose for AML was April 23, 2017, as that is when it was factually ascertainable the Veteran had the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25058010
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Decisions by this judge: 696 · Granted: 63% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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