The Board has granted service connection for gastric adenocarcinoma, finding that the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange during service likely caused his cancer. The decision is based on a private medical opinion and resolves all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The July 2018 private medical opinion from a board-certified cancer surgeon concluded that the gastric adenocarcinoma was likely related to service due to exposure to carcinogens in both the Republic of Vietnam and at Camp Lejeune, including contaminated drinking water.
- Claimed conditions
- gastric adenocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2022
- Citation
- A22020154
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for gastric adenocarcinoma, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's condition and his military service, including herbicide exposure.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for gastric adenocarcinoma, finding that the Veteran's exposure to herbicide Agent Orange during service in Vietnam and contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune likely caused his current condition. The decision is based on a July 2018 private medical opinion from a board-certified cancer surgeon.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, gastric adenocarcinoma, is related to his active-duty service and grants entitlement to service connection for cause of death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the cause of death and its relation to service. The Veteran died from gastric adenocarcinoma, among other conditions.
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