Granted
The Board has granted dependency and indemnity compensation based on the Veteran's service connection for the cause of his death, attributing it to maxillary cancer which is presumed to be related to herbicide exposure during service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion supports a link between the Veteran’s maxillary cancer and in-service exposure to herbicide agents, Arsenic, and TCE.
- Claimed conditions
- maxillary cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20000288
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.
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