The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for colon cancer, as service connection was granted based on the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the fact that the grant of service connection for colon cancer was made under the liberalizing law of the PACT Act, which established a presumption of exposure to herbicide agents in Thailand during the Vietnam War era. The effective date cannot be earlier than August 10, 2022, the date the PACT Act was signed into law.
- Claimed conditions
- colon cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097453
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