The Board has granted service connection for gastric adenocarcinoma, claimed as secondary to Agent Orange exposure, and also found that the Veteran's death was due to a service-connected disability. The claim of entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 is dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved all reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant, finding that exposure to Agent Orange during service increased the Veteran's risk of developing gastric cancer, which was found to be at least as likely as not caused by such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- gastric adenocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19147063
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Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for gastric adenocarcinoma, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's condition and his military service, including herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for gastric adenocarcinoma, finding that the Veteran's exposure to herbicide Agent Orange during service in Vietnam and contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune likely caused his current condition. The decision is based on a July 2018 private medical opinion from a board-certified cancer surgeon.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for gastric adenocarcinoma, finding that the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange during service likely caused his cancer. The decision is based on a private medical opinion and resolves all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, gastric adenocarcinoma, is related to his active-duty service and grants entitlement to service connection for cause of death.
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