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Old Fri Dec 28, 2012, 11:26 AM
Tommy Daniels Tommy Daniels is offline
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VA Agent Orange claim for MDS - need help

My claim for the above with the VA was denied. I'm now filing a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) and need to beef up my documentation with supporting published medical evidence that AO can cause MDS but thus far haven't found any.

With my original claim I cited three cases in which the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) has awarded service-connection for MDS due to AO exposure. However yesterday I reviewed many more of those BVA MDS decisions and discovered that the BVA will not accept previous BVA favorable decisions as precedents in subsequent appeals.

I don't intend to file my appeal with the BVA instead will use the Decision Review Officer (DRO) process. Anyway, I'd greatly appreciate someone pointing me to a website which has medical evidence of this nature archived for download.

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