The Board granted service connection for left eye cancer, finding that the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam is at least as likely as not related to his current condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence both for and against the claim was found to be approximately balanced, leading to a grant of service connection under the 'as likely as not' standard.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25034410
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (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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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an eye condition manifested as lazy eye or amblyopia and a left eye condition due to exposures to toxins, finding no current disability in either case.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left eye cancer and liver cancer are not service-connected, with the Board finding no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or exposure to herbicides.,The cause of death (liver cancer) is also not service-connected due to lack of evidence supporting a link between the condition and the Veteran’s military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and an opinion regarding the cause of his left eye cancer. The issues include service connection for left eye cancer, as well as reopening claims for PTSD, depression/bipolar disorder, and anxiety.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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