Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's death due to hypercapneic respiratory failure with underlying lung cancer, finding no evidence of an etiological relationship to service.
The deciding factor: There was no objective evidence documenting in-service exposure to tactical herbicides or any other aspect of service indicating an etiological relationship to his cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- hypercapneic respiratory failure, lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005308
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