The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, attributing it to his presumed exposure to Agent Orange during service. The issue of entitlement to dependents' educational assistance benefits is also addressed and remanded due to lack of clarity in the claim.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on presumptive exposure to Agent Orange, which is considered a contributing cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic thyroid cancer, paraplegia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0604834
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address the Veteran's metastatic thyroid cancer and its potential link to Agent Orange exposure during his service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for neurogenic bowel, neurogenic bladder, and paraplegia as secondary to lumbar strain due to an inadequate medical opinion on aggravation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death to obtain a medical opinion on the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected conditions and his cause of death.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his paroxysmal atrial fibrillation was a symptom of ischemic heart disease due to Agent Orange exposure.
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