The Board granted the appeal and restored service connection for NHL from August 1, 2018, to August 9, 2022.
The deciding factor: VA has not met its high burden to sever service connection from August 1, 2018, due to exposure to herbicide agents during active service in Guam.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093995
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Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic kidney stones, but remanded claims for an acquired mental health disorder, vision loss, and cervical cancer due to a duty to assist error.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a TDIU rating is dismissed as moot because the Veteran has already been granted the earliest possible effective date, February 3, 2016.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for prostate cancer, NHL, hypothyroidism, DM II, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the October 2024 rating decision.
- Granted
The Veteran's Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is related to his conceded military environmental exposure, specifically service at U-Tapao RTAFB where he served as a security policeman. The Board has granted service connection for NHL on the basis of presumed exposure to Agent Orange.
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