The Board has granted the appellant's claim for an effective date earlier than November 30, 1993 for posthumous entitlement to compensation during the Veteran's lifetime for service-connected cancer of the lung and esophagus as due to exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the earliest date of claim was on November 30, 1993, and the Board has applied this finding in its decision.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the lung, esophagus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1240573
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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