The Veteran's cause of death, acute respiratory distress syndrome and multisystem organ failure, was not found to be related to his military service or presumed exposure to herbicides. The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing that the causes of death were incurred in or aggravated by service, including on a presumptive basis due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Multisystem organ failure
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1620761
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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