The Veteran's cause of death, frontotemporal dementia, is not service-connected as it did not arise during or due to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion and Director of Compensation Services' opinion concluded that the Veteran’s frontotemporal dementia was not caused by in-service exposure to radiation and other chemicals.
- Claimed conditions
- Frontotemporal dementia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18129906
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a brain disability, including TBI residuals and frontotemporal dementia, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between these conditions and his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that there was no evidence of a diagnosed condition related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and for frontotemporal dementia, finding no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or exposure to herbicide agents.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted an effective date of October 22, 2012 for the grant of service connection for PTSD, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and frontotemporal dementia. The original denial in September 2013 did not become final due to VA's constructive receipt of relevant VA treatment records.
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