The Board has granted service connection for the cause of death with an effective date of March 26, 2002. The appellant's claim was received within a year after the liberalizing change to the law and is therefore retroactive to that date.
The deciding factor: The award of service connection for the cause of death was granted based on a liberalizing law which became effective on March 26, 2002. The appellant's claim was received within one year after this change, allowing for retroactivity up to this date.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the lung
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0615998
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