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Repatriation Medical Authority Statement
Acute myeloid leukaemia - Being obese Factor
Last reviewed for CCPS 08 January 2007.
Investigative Documents
Claimant Report - Obesity [CR9230]
Medical Report - Obesity [MR9305]
Preliminary questions [36787]
there is some evidence that suffering from being obese may be a factor in the development of the condition under consideration.587 the veteran has a history of obesity.
36786 — the veteran has established the causal connection between being obese and operational service for the clinical onset of acute myeloid leukaemia.
Clinical onset and operational service [36786]
the veteran was obese for a period of at least five years. the veteran was obese for a period of at least five years, within the ten years before the clinical onset of acute myeloid leukaemia. the obesity was caused by operational service.or
the veteran has a history of morbid obesity. the veteran was morbidly obese for a period of at least five years.36785 the veteran was morbidly obese for a period of at least five years, within the ten years before the clinical onset of acute myeloid leukaemia.
9005 — the morbid obesity is causally related to operational service.