The Veteran's cause of death was not service-connected as his cancer did not manifest during or due to military service, and there is no evidence of herbicide exposure. The claim for presumptive service connection based on Agent Orange exposure is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence that the Veteran served in Vietnam or was exposed to herbicides while serving in the Air Force.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic colorectal cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19104962
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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