The Veteran's non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is granted as service connection due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents (Agent Orange) during his service in Thailand.
The deciding factor: Service connection for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was established based on the presumption of service connection for certain diseases listed under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e), which includes non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents (Agent Orange) during his service in Thailand.
- Claimed conditions
- non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19179987
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- Remanded (sent back)
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