Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that lobar pneumonia with abscess formation was not related to service or exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence indicated that lobar pneumonia is an infectious process not known to stem from exposure to a chemical agent.
- Claimed conditions
- lobar pneumonia with abscess formation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007224
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