The veteran's cholangiocarcinoma was not incurred in or aggravated by military service, and may not be presumed to have been so incurred including as secondary to Agent Orange herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: VA regulations do not provide a presumption of service connection based on herbicide exposure for cholangiocarcinoma, which is not among the diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents listed in VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- cholangiocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0930293
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 30, 2016, but not earlier, for the award of service connection for cholangiocarcinoma.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, cholangiocarcinoma, based on evidence supporting a direct relationship between the disease and the Veteran's in-service exposure to Agent Orange.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for a survivor's pension was denied due to the appellant's countable income exceeding the maximum annual pension rate. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for cause of death.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted service connection for cholangiocarcinoma and lung cancer effective October 25, 2012.,Special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance is also awarded effective October 25, 2012.
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