The Veteran's lung cancer is presumed to be due to herbicide exposure during service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lung cancer is presumptively linked to his in-service herbicide exposure based on his service in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- right lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20004139
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a recurrent respiratory disability to include right lung cancer, claimed as the result of herbicide agent exposure.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection of depression and anxiety due to lung cancer was denied. The claims for a higher rating for lung cancer and service connection for COPD were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for esophageal cancer, right lung cancer, and left lung mass as the evidence did not support a link to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided the case is remanded due to insufficient reasoning in the original decision regarding the cause of death and potential exposure to asbestos or herbicides. The VA needs to obtain new opinions on whether service connection can be established for the Veteran's cancers, including COPD.
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