Lung cancer decisions — 2024

The Veteran's death was caused by lung cancer and COPD. The DIC claim is dismissed as moot because the service connection for the cause of death has been granted, encompassing the entire period on appeal.

The Veteran's lung cancer is presumed to be related to service due to exposure to herbicide agents in Thailand, and the PACT Act expanded this presumption to include active military service in Thailand. The Veteran died of lung cancer, which meets the criteria for presumptive service connection.

The Veteran's lung cancer service connection claim is being remanded due to the need for SSA records.

The Veteran's lung cancer was granted service connection effective August 10, 2022. The Board denied a request for an earlier effective date.

Your service connection claims for lung cancer and residual scars, status post-surgery for bladder and right renal cancer have already been granted. The appeals are dismissed as the benefits were fully awarded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional VA examinations.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of lung cancer is dismissed because it constitutes a concurrent election with another issue.

The Board denied service connection for lung cancer, depression, tumors of the brain, and tumors of the spine as secondary to prostate cancer. The Veteran's prostate cancer was not service-connected.

The Veteran's claims for a compensable rating and an earlier effective date for lung cancer have been dismissed due to the Supplemental Claim being filed outside of the period to opt-in to the modernized review system (AMA).

The Veteran's lung cancer, diagnosed during his service in the Republic of Vietnam, is granted as a condition of service connection. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for lung cancer, oral cancer, and Crohn's disease due to a failure to obtain relevant medical records and provide proper legal documentation. The Veteran served at Camp Lejeune during his military service.

The Veteran's cause of death, metastatic lung cancer, is found to be related to his active military service. As a result, the claim for survivor's pension benefits has been rendered moot due to the grant of service connection.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's small cell lung cancer and its relationship to his service-connected psychiatric condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date than October 22, 2020, for service connection of stage IV adenocarcinoma (claimed as stage IV lung cancer). The decision found that there was no formal or informal claim prior to October 22, 2020.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bronchitis, lung cancer, and COPD with pulmonary hypertension have been dismissed as moot because these conditions are already service-connected.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU was granted. The claims for increased evaluations of service-connected residuals of lung cancer and painful scars, as well as a compensable rating for scars, are remanded.

The Veteran withdrew his claims for service connection for rheumatoid arthritis, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The Veteran's lung cancer is granted service connection due to herbicide agent exposure during his service in Thailand. His brain cancer, which metastasized from the lung cancer, is also granted as secondary to the service-connected lung cancer.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were granted based on herbicide exposure, but the effective date of DIC benefits is denied as no prior claim was received until July 13, 2021.

The Veteran's service connection claims for stage IV colon cancer, lung cancer, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and abdominal scar have been granted with effective dates of September 8, 2021.,An earlier effective date of December 22, 2021 has also been granted for service connection for lung cancer.