The Veteran's service connection claims for multiple myeloma, right ear hearing loss, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, penile cancer, and pulmonary fibrosis are all granted. The Veteran is found to have been exposed to Agent Orange during his service at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB) in Thailand.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents, including Agent Orange, was established based on his duty location near the perimeter of Ubon RTAFB. His current diagnoses and medical records support a finding that these conditions are related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, penile cancer, pulmonary fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20070160
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 coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, and penile cancer as there was no evidence of a medical nexus between the Veteran's conditions and his military service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for pulmonary fibrosis, finding it to be related to the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple myeloma, finding no evidence that the Veteran's condition was related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of a lung disability, claimed as pulmonary fibrosis, for further development and evidence review.
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