The Veteran's service connection for a brain tumor due to herbicide exposure is granted.,The Veteran's cause of death due to a brain tumor is also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the presumption of herbicide exposure during active duty in Thailand, and the Veteran's treating physician provided an opinion linking his brain tumor to Agent Orange exposure.,The Veteran's cause of death was attributed to his service-connected brain tumor.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain Tumor
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18147263
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