The Board granted service connection for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence established that the Veteran's AML developed as a result of toxic exposure risk activities, including exposure to dioxin, during his service in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099737
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 831 · Granted: 48% (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
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.
- Dismissed
The Board has granted service connection for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in a December 2025 rating decision, making the appeal moot and dismissed.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.
- Denied
The appeal for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was dismissed, and entitlement to service connection for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) for purposes of accrued benefits was denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate and bladder cancers.
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