The Board has granted the appellant's request to reopen her claim of service connection for cause of the Veteran’s death, and has remanded the case for further development regarding the evidence submitted by Dr. E.
The deciding factor: New evidence from a physician assistant suggests that the Veteran's pancreatic cancer may be due to Agent Orange exposure during his military service, which could potentially link it to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of death (pancreatic cancer)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2021
- Citation
- 21015510
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