The VA denied service connection for the cause of death due to exposure to Agent Orange and Bromacil, finding no evidence linking these exposures to the veteran's thyroid cancer.
The deciding factor: VA found insufficient evidence to support a causal relationship between the veteran's exposure to Agent Orange or Bromacil and his fatal thyroid cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0007529
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