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Repatriation Medical Authority Statement
Hodgkin's lymphoma - Being on land in Vietnam or in Vietnamese waters or consuming Vietnamese water Factor
Last reviewed for CCPS 20 April 2005.
Preliminary questions [34389]
2448 the veteran had operational service in Vietnam.
34390 — the veteran has established the causal connection between being on land in Vietnam or at sea in Vietnamese waters or having consumed water from estuarine Vietnamese waters as specified in the SOP for Hodgkin's lymphoma and operational service for the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.
Clinical onset and operational service [34390]
the veteran has been on land in Vietnam or at sea in Vietnamese waters on operational service for a cumulative period of at least 30 days. the veteran had been on land in Vietnam or at sea in Vietnamese waters for at least 30 days on operational service at least 5 years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.or
the veteran has consumed water from estuarine Vietnamese waters as specified in the SOP for the condition under consideration. the veteran has consumed water from estuarine Vietnamese waters as specified in the SOP for the condition under consideration, for a cumulative period of at least 30 days. the veteran had consumed water from estuarine Vietnamese waters as specified in the SOP for the condition under consideration, for a cumulative period of at least 30 days at least five years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration. the veteran's operational service made a material contribution to the consumption of water from estuarine Vietnamese waters as specified in the SOP for a cumulative period of at least 30 days at least five years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.