The Board denied the claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that the diagnosed conditions were not related to his active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found no evidence linking the Veteran’s fibrosis of the lungs and gastric antrum, AIDS, severe malnutrition, and disseminated mycobacterium avium intracellulare to his active service, including exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- fibrosis of the lungs, gastric antrum, AIDS, severe malnutrition, disseminated mycobacterium avium intracellulare
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2018
- Citation
- 1801853
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What this means for you
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