The Veteran's fatal metastatic lung carcinoma is found to be due to herbicide exposure during service, warranting service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: Herbicide exposure at U-Tapao RTAFB during the Vietnam Era caused the Veteran's fatal metastatic lung carcinoma.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic lung carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1436916
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death was not caused by or related to any disease or injury in service, and thus denied the claim for service connection for cause of death.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's service-connected pleural asbestosis materially contributed to his metastatic lung carcinoma.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's death was caused by metastatic lung carcinoma, which is presumed to be associated with herbicide agent exposure. The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to in-service herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal link between the Veteran's service-connected pleural asbestosis and his death from metastatic lung carcinoma.
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