The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and granted it, finding that herbicide exposure likely caused or aggravated his MGB. The grant of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death renders moot the Appellant's claim for nonservice-connected pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The new evidence establishes a link between the Veteran's herbicide agent exposure in Vietnam and his MGB, which is presumed due to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- Malignant brain tumor (multiform glioblastoma)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1809725
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