GrantedPACT Act
The veteran's claim for service connection for lung cancer is granted, effective May 18, 2022. The decision was based on the veteran's exposure to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in approximate balance regarding whether the Veteran's lung cancer was due to his herbicide exposure and resolved the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lungs (lung cancer)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005272
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