One claim at a time
BVA decisions have always been one claim at a time. They ignore any decisions sited concerning another veteran.
The study being done at Dana-Farber is being led by Dr. Steensma. Within a year we should have the results of whether MDS is linked to Agent Orange or not. I have seen a number of positive decision linking AML to AO. In almost every case the BVA opined that since AO contained "dibenzo" the AML was caused by benzine exposure.
I brought that up before the Institute of Medicine in Chicago in 2010 and was ignored. As I am sure you are all aware, benzine exposure is also a cause of MDS.
|