The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The Veteran is presumed to have developed lung cancer as a result of his in-service herbicide exposure, which was linked to his duties at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base. As a result, the Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran served near the perimeter of Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base and had frequent trips outside the base during his time stationed there, which likely exposed him to herbicides used on the air base perimeters. The Board found these trips sufficient to establish exposure to herbicides for purposes of presumptive service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Lung Cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2016
- Citation
- 1601842
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- Remanded (sent back)
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