Granted
Service connection for prostate cancer due to herbicide exposure is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's duties as an Air Operations Specialist brought him near the air base perimeter, where he was presumptively exposed to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002812
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