Lung cancer decisions — 2011
144 indexed Board decisions in 2011.
Badges describe the whole decision, not the outcome for every condition listed. An appeal can grant one issue and deny or remand another. Check the original decision for each issue; these outcomes do not predict your claim.
- Whole decision: GrantedJanuary 2011
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The appellant argues that exposure to radiation during service may have contributed to the Veteran's lung cancer, which was his cause of death.
- Whole decision: DismissedJanuary 2011
The Veteran's appeal for CUE in the April 2010 Board decision denying service connection for bladder cancer and metastatic lung cancer has been withdrawn by his representative.
- Whole decision: DeniedJanuary 2011
The Veteran's death was not caused by a disease or injury incurred in service, nor is it presumed to have been caused by exposure to herbicides. The Board found no credible evidence of the Veteran having served in-country Vietnam.
- Whole decision: DeniedJanuary 2011
The Board denied service connection for residuals of lung cancer, COPD, and liver hemangioma due to carbon tetrachloride exposure as there was no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.
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