The Board found that there was no pending claim for service connection for a disability due to Agent Orange exposure at the time of the Veteran's death, and thus denied accrued benefits based on such a claim.
The deciding factor: There were no pending claims for service connection for a disability due to Agent Orange exposure at the time of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Agent Orange Exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2016
- Citation
- 1646550
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