The Board has determined that the Veteran was exposed to herbicides while serving in Thailand and his death from lung cancer is due to this exposure, warranting service connection for cause of death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's death was caused by poorly differentiated large cell lung cancer, a disease subject to presumptive service connection on the basis of herbicide exposure during service at Udorn RTAFB in Thailand.
- Claimed conditions
- Poorly differentiated large cell lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2014
- Citation
- 1426096
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