The veteran's death from metastatic lung cancer was granted service connection based on the Agent Orange presumption, effective September 1, 2001.
The deciding factor: The veteran met all eligibility criteria for the liberalizing law (Agent Orange Act of 1991) as of June 1994 and continuously thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic lung carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0637749
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What this means for you
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