The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of death due to acute intracerebral hemorrhage and GBM, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or exposure to herbicide agents (Agent Orange).
The deciding factor: The medical opinions found no causal link between the Veteran's fatal conditions and his presumed exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute intracerebral hemorrhage, Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162409
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