The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his gastric cancer was at least as likely as not related to in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided evidence linking the Veteran's gastric cancer to his in-service exposure to Agent Orange toxins, which are classified as human carcinogens and have been shown to significantly increase the risk of gastric cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastric cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25054547
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Decisions by this judge: 1,902 · Granted: 11% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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