The Board granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to exposure to Agent Orange, but assigned an effective date of September 6, 1995.
The deciding factor: The VA had a duty to notify the appellant of the change in law related to Agent Orange exposure, which provided presumptive service connection for certain diseases including leiomyosarcoma. The Nehmer decision did not invalidate prior decisions as it pertained to different regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Leiomyosarcoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0208404
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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