External
Repatriation Medical Authority Statement
Hodgkin's lymphoma - Cigarette smoking Factor
Last reviewed for CCPS 20 April 2005.
Investigative Documents
Claimant Report - Smoking [CRD905]
Claimant Report - Smoking [CRV905]
Preliminary questions [34391]
the veteran has ever smoked cigarettes.34395 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the cigarette smoking and operational service for the clinical onset of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Clinical onset and operational service [34395]
the veteran has smoked at least 10 pack-years of cigarettes before the clinical onset of Hodgkin's lymphoma, and, where smoking has ceased, the clinical onset has occurred within 15 years of cessation.3116 — the veteran has some period or periods of cigarette smoking that are causally related to operational service.