The Board has determined that the evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's death from pulmonary fibrosis was due to asbestos exposure during service, and thus grants the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The Board found a state of relative equipoise on whether the lung disease causing death was due to asbestos exposure during service, which is sufficient to grant the claim under VA's doctrine of reasonable doubt.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19164304
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What this means for you
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