The Veteran's cause of death was not service-connected due to lack of in-service incidents or exposures, and his lymphoma did not manifest within one year of separation from service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the Veteran’s causes of death to any in-service incident or exposure, nor does there appear to be a link between his lymphoma and herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Aspirational pneumonia, Herpes zoster (shingles), Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Mycosis fungoides
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19127956
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