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
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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