The Veteran's death was not service-connected due to exposure to toxic herbicides or other service-related factors, and the Board denied his claim for DIC benefits.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of Agent Orange exposure during service, and the causes of death are not related to any service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- primary bronchial gland hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the left main bronchus (bronchial cancer), severe generalized atherosclerosis, cachexia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1826959
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Related decisions
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of death due to lack of evidence linking the Veteran's carcinoma of the pharynx to his service or a service-connected disability, and there was no indication that the cancer was related to herbicide exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found pre-decisional duty to assist errors and remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for cause of death, DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, and DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to insufficient information in the record.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and the Board denied both his claim for service connection for the cause of his death and his DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1318.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether any conditions noted or found to have caused his death, or substantially or materially contributed to his cause of death, are related to service.
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