The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, contributed to his death from metastatic pancreatic cancer due to in-service herbicide exposure. The cause of death is therefore considered to be related to service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrated a contributory relationship between the in-service herbicide exposure and the Veteran's fatal metastatic pancreatic cancer, which was linked to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic disease to the lungs, presumed metastatic pancreatic cancer
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20055208
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