GrantedPACT Act
The veteran's surviving spouse is granted an effective date of March 1, 2015, for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on the veteran's service-connected prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: The veteran's exposure to herbicides was acknowledged on a facts-found basis, allowing for an earlier effective date than the PACT Act provisions.
- 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 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25007085
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