The Board has granted service connection for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) due to presumed exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the conclusion that the Veteran's IPF is as likely as not a result of his presumed exposure to Agent Orange during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), Agent Orange exposure
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166317
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