The Veteran does not have a disability manifested by pulmonary insufficiency that is attributable to his military service, including presumed herbicide exposure. The Board finds no nexus between the current condition and service.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a respiratory disorder during service and VA medical opinions found no link between the current COPD diagnosis and service or Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2013
- Citation
- 1315228
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- Denied
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- Denied
The VA determined that the cause of the Veteran's death (cardiopulmonary arrest, hypoxia, pulmonary insufficiency, and head and neck cancer) was not caused or contributed to by his service-connected hepatitis C.
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