The Veteran's lung cancer was granted service connection based on presumptive exposure to Agent Orange, effective from March 12, 2004. The decision is presumed correct as there is no clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The June 2004 rating decision correctly applied the liberalizing law adding respiratory cancers to the list of diseases presumptively due to Agent Orange exposure effective June 9, 1994.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-small cell lung carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2018
- Citation
- 18108645
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was due to non-small cell lung carcinoma and COPD, which were not incurred during active service. The Board denied the claim for service connection as there is no evidence linking his cause of death to herbicide exposure or any in-service event.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's cause of death should be considered for service connection due to exposure to herbicides, but additional records are needed from his service personnel file and VA medical records.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for DIC benefits, finding that the earliest date VA received her claim was April 20, 2015. The Board noted that she did not file a formal application for DIC benefits until April 2015 and found no basis to assign an earlier effective date.
- Granted
The Veteran's non-small cell lung carcinoma residuals have been rated at 60 percent from January 1, 2013 to December 30, 2014 and at 30 percent from December 29, 2014 forward.
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