The Board granted an effective date of December 23, 2011, for the grant of service connection for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and denied an earlier effective date prior to November 24, 2020, for special monthly compensation based on housebound status.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether a timely notice of disagreement was filed regarding the denial of service connection for chronic myelogenous leukemia with splenomegaly and thrombocytopenia, leading to an effective date of December 23, 2011, for the grant of service connection for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. The Veteran did not have a single service-connected disability rated 100 percent disabling prior to November 24, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, viremia with general malaise
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085211
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