External
Repatriation Medical Authority Statement
Myelodysplastic disorderits - Cigarette smoking Factor
Last reviewed for CCPS 08 January 2007.
Investigative Documents
Claimant Report - Smoking [CRD905]
Claimant Report - Smoking [CRV905]
Preliminary questions [36988]
the veteran has ever smoked cigarettes.36996 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the cigarette smoking and operational service for the clinical onset of myelodysplastic disorder.
Clinical onset and operational service [36996]
the veteran had smoked at least 15 pack-years of cigarettes before the clinical onset of myelodysplastic disorder and, where smoking has ceased, the clinical onset occurred within ten years of cessation.3116 — the veteran has some period or periods of cigarette smoking that are causally related to operational service.