The veteran's death is determined to be service-connected due to prostate cancer, which was a result of exposure to Agent Orange. The veteran also had basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) as his cause of death is service-connected.
The deciding factor: The cause of the veteran's death, cardiac arrest due to or as a consequence of prostate cancer, was determined to be service-connected due to exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer, Cardiac arrest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2001
- Citation
- 0123490
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- Dismissed
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