Lung cancer Board decisions

The veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for coronary artery disease, lung cancer, alcoholism, and a psychiatric disorder, all claimed as secondary to tobacco use or abuse of alcohol during service. The effective date for the grant of service connection for asbestosis was also not granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete information regarding the appellant's income and expenses, as well as issues related to service connection.

The Board granted service connection for cause of the veteran's death based on a change in law that provided a presumption of service connection for lung cancer due to exposure to ionizing radiation. The effective date cannot be earlier than March 26, 2002.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a dose estimate and an opinion from the Under Secretary for Benefits regarding the veteran's exposure to ionizing radiation in service. The claim will be reconsidered under the special procedures for exposure to ionizing radiation.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that there was no persuasive evidence linking his lung cancer to service or asbestos exposure.

The Board found that the veteran's death from metastatic lung cancer was not caused or contributed substantially to his death by any service-connected disability, including exposure to herbicides or asbestos. The claim for cause of death is denied.

The case is being remanded to the RO for a recalculated dose estimate of ionizing radiation exposure and a new medical opinion regarding its potential impact on the veteran's lung cancer. The claim will then be reviewed again.

The Board has remanded the case due to additional development needed under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000. The appellant contends her husband was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam, which she believes caused his fatal lung cancer.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to new and material evidence, but finds that there is no service-connected disability that caused or contributed substantially or materially to the cause of the veteran's death.

The veteran's lung cancer was not service-connected, and the Board found that it did not result from in-service exposure to asbestos or smoking.,The cause of death due to lung cancer was not service-connected.

The veteran's death was not service-connected due to lack of evidence showing a connection between his military service and the cause of his death, which was lung cancer. The presumption for Agent Orange exposure did not apply as he never set foot in Vietnam.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and needs further development before a final decision can be made.

The Board found that the veteran's death from lung cancer was not caused by or related to his service, and thus denied both service connection for the cause of death and DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.

The case is being remanded for further development to determine if the veteran was exposed to asbestos in service and whether this exposure contributed to his death from lung cancer.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that neither lung cancer nor diabetes mellitus were related to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including obtaining the veteran's autopsy report and chest x-ray examination films from June 2000. The appellant contends that VA failed to identify a lung mass indicative of cancer in June 2000, which contributed to her husband's death.

The Board denied service connection for lung cancer, finding that the veteran's condition was not incurred in or aggravated by service and is unrelated to his military service. The claim was based on secondary service connection due to Agent Orange exposure, but there was no evidence of Vietnam service or exposure.

The Board found that the veteran's death was due to lung cancer, which began many years after service and was not caused by or contributed to by any incident of service or a service-connected disability. The preexisting nephritis was determined to have been aggravated during service but did not cause the veteran's death.

The Board found that the veteran's lung cancer, which developed many years after service and is not related to a disease or injury in service, was not caused by his service-connected status-post subtotal gastrectomy. Therefore, the cause of death was not due to a service-connected disability.