The Board has granted service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the right main stem bronchus, status post left pneumonectomy and assigned a zero percent evaluation. The veteran is seeking a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The claim was granted as direct service connection was established without any need to rely on presumptions or other theories.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of the right main stem bronchus, left pneumonectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0319741
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and a need for a new VA examination by a pulmonologist. The Veteran's lung cancer residuals are being evaluated, and he is seeking service connection for cancer of the head or neck related to exposure to herbicide agents, contaminated water from Camp Lejeune, or as secondary to his lung cancer.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the Veteran's lung cancer residuals and their impact on his respiratory function.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the April 2003 rating decision denying service connection for squamous cell lung carcinoma with a history of left pneumonectomy was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous (CUE). The Veteran's disagreement with how the evidence was evaluated does not constitute a valid theory of entitlement to CUE.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the right main stem bronchus and cause of death due to this condition, finding no evidence linking these conditions to service or exposure to ionizing radiation. The veteran's death was attributed to respiratory failure caused by squamous cell carcinoma.
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