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Repatriation Medical Authority Statement
Myelodysplastic disorderits - Smoking tobacco products - material contribution Factor
Last reviewed for CCPS 08 January 2007.
Investigative Documents
Claimant Report - Smoking [CRD905]
Claimant Report - Smoking [CRV905]
Preliminary questions [36991]
the veteran has smoked cigarettes, cigars or pipe tobacco at some time.36999 — the veteran has established the causal connection between smoking tobacco products and operational service for the clinical onset of myelodysplastic disorder.
Clinical onset and operational service [36999]
the veteran smoked at least 15 pack years of cigarettes or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products before the clinical onset of myelodysplastic disorder and, where smoking had ceased, at least some smoking was maintained in the ten years before the clinical onset. smoking as a causal result of operational service made a material contribution to the SOP requirements for myelodysplastic disorder and smoking tobacco products.