The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, glioblastoma multiform, may be related to his presumed exposure to herbicide agents in service. As a result, the claim for service connection for the cause of death is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's fatal glioblastoma was related to his presumed exposure to herbicide agents in service.
- Claimed conditions
- glioblastoma multiform
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2024
- Citation
- A24037362
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- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death, glioblastoma multiform, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and cannot be presumed to have been incurred therein.
- Granted
The Board finds that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities contributed substantially and materially to his death, specifically from glioblastoma multiform and sepsis. Therefore, service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death in March 1998. The Court affirmed this decision in September 1999. The appellant attempted to reopen her previously denied claim twice, but new and material evidence was not submitted. As no new evidence has been submitted since the last final denial, the petition to reopen is denied.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death was not related to his active duty service, and specifically found no evidence linking any condition noted on his certificate of death to his military service or a service-connected disability.
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