Granted
The Board granted Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, due to carcinoma of the biliary system linked to in-service herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's adenocarcinoma of the biliary system was at least as likely as not caused by in-service dioxin exposure from an herbicide agent, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under 38 U.S.C. § 1116.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoma of the biliary system
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009862
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