GrantedPACT Act
Service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted based on legal presumption due to exposure to herbicide agents during service in Guam.
The deciding factor: The Veteran served in Guam and is legally presumed to have been exposed to herbicide agents, which led to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the immediate cause of his death. The PACT Act extended this presumption to include Guam.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018078
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