The veteran's lung cancer was not shown to have been incurred or aggravated during service, and the Board found that it may not be presumed to have been so incurred due to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The tumor size at diagnosis and growth rates indicated it is unlikely the cancer originated as early as 1995, which falls outside the presumptive period for lung cancer associated with herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer with metastases to the left adrenal gland and brain
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2001
- Citation
- 0118667
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