The Board has determined that the cause of the Veteran's death, respiratory failure and interstitial lung disease, is related to his service in Vietnam where he was exposed to herbicides. As a result, the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.
The deciding factor: A positive medical opinion linked the cause of the Veteran’s death to exposure to Agent Orange during service.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory failure, interstitial lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19177178
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion on whether the Veteran's acute hypoxemia, respiratory failure, and pneumonia were related to service or toxic exposure under the PACT Act.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all claims on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to obtain additional evidence, including service treatment records and private medical records, and to obtain an addendum medical opinion regarding the Veteran's causes of death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, for purposes of entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
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