The Board granted service connection for residuals of pacemaker installation, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected atrial fibrillation. The claim for service connection for residuals of colon cancer was denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a nexus between the Veteran's pacemaker installation and his service-connected atrial fibrillation, but there was no credible evidence linking the Veteran's colon cancer to herbicide exposure or any other in-service event.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of colon cancer, residuals of pacemaker installation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25014328
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,456 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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