The Veteran's service connection claim for lung cancer, status post right lung lobectomy is granted due to presumed exposure to Agent Orange during his Vietnam service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the presumption of exposure to herbicides (Agent Orange) in Vietnam and the subsequent development of respiratory cancers, including lung cancer, among those exposed.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoma of the lung, status post right lung lobectomy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2015
- Citation
- 1507215
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