The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, pancreatic cancer, due to new and material evidence showing a possible link between the cancer and in-service herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence was found to be in relative balance as to whether the Veteran's pancreatic cancer may have been associated with his in-service herbicide agent exposure, leading to an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding the merits of the claim. The benefit-of-the-doubt rule applied, granting service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- 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
- January 30, 2024
- Citation
- 24004662
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.
- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for pancreatic cancer and the Veteran's cause of death due to deficiencies in the record.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that there was no credible medical evidence linking pancreatic cancer to his military service at Camp Lejeune.
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