The Veteran died of chronic obstructive lung disease and renal failure. The service connection for these conditions cannot be established based on presumptive exposure to herbicides as he did not serve in Vietnam or any other location where Agent Orange was used. Service connection also cannot be granted due to the lack of evidence showing the presence of cardiovascular renal disease within one year post-service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service records do not show any indication of chronic obstructive lung disease or renal failure during his lifetime, and there is no evidence that these conditions were present within a year following his discharge from service. Additionally, the first post-service medical records showing these conditions are dated in the 1980s, which does not meet the requirement for presumptive service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, Renal Failure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1431434
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