The Board has determined that the Veteran's lung cancer, which is presumed to be due to Agent Orange exposure during his service in Thailand, caused his death. As a result, the appeal for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on presumptive exposure to herbicides (Agent Orange) due to the Veteran's service in Thailand during the Vietnam era, which led to his fatal lung cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic lung carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2010
- Citation
- 1005781
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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.
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