GrantedPACT Act
The veteran's service connection for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, prostate cancer, and diabetes mellitus is granted under the PACT Act due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service at a Royal Thai Airforce Base.
The deciding factor: The veteran's diagnoses are presumptively related to herbicide agent exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001266
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