Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that the Veteran's idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was not related to his military service, including exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The negative nexus opinions from VA examiners and lack of credible evidence linking the Veteran's idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis to his service, specifically his exposure to Agent Orange, were the deciding factors.
- Claimed conditions
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090035
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