GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 1, 2015, for the award of service connection for the Veteran's cause of death due to lung cancer.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the application of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (PACT Act) which allowed for an earlier effective date in cases where a claim had been previously denied and the presumptive rules were subsequently changed.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090772
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