The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death is related to exposure to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam, and grants service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange and his development of melanoma, which was the primary cause of his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Melanoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1003477
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What this means for you
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