The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence to support a relationship between his lung cancer and active service. The preponderance of the evidence did not show that the Veteran's lung cancer had its onset during or within one year after service discharge.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not have actual service in Vietnam, thus the presumption of herbicide exposure in Vietnam does not apply. There is no probative evidence to show that the Veteran was exposed to herbicides while serving at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base or elsewhere during his active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- non-small cell lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1722177
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