The Board denied service connection for the cause of death as it was not related to service, including direct or presumptive service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence that indicated either debilitating effects of hypertension that made the veteran materially less capable of resisting the effects of the fatal disease or that hypertension had a material influence in accelerating death. Consequently, there is no causal relationship between the cause of death and herbicides or hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute on chronic hypercarbic respiratory failure, Severe cor pulmonale, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Bacterial pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096957
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