Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death due to lung cancer, which was presumed to be related to herbicide exposure during service in Thailand.
The deciding factor: The benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine was applied as there was no conclusive evidence ruling out herbicide exposure as a factor in causing the Veteran's lung cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095563
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