The Veteran's cause of death, metastatic lung cancer with esophageal cancer contributing to it, was not service-connected as the causes were not linked to his active duty service or exposure to Agent Orange or contaminants at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the Veteran’s cause of death and contributory cause of death to his active duty service or exposure to Agent Orange or contaminants at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- Metastatic lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20059572
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