The Board determined that the Veteran's cause of death, pulmonary sarcoidosis, was not service-connected due to lack of evidence linking it to his military service or any presumptive conditions related to Agent Orange exposure. The Board also found no evidence supporting a claim for service connection based on secondary aggravation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish that the Veteran's pulmonary sarcoidosis was incurred in service, and there was insufficient evidence linking it to his presumed exposure to herbicides during service or any other presumptive conditions related to Agent Orange exposure. The Board also found no competent medical evidence showing that the Veteran's pre-existing asthma aggravated his sarcoidosis.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary sarcoidosis, asthma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1009838
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