Hello all,
Recently my father, a Vietnam veteran, passed away from his service connected Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma cancer. It is connected from his time in Vietnam, Agent Orange exposure. He was 100% disabled rated and all that from his cancer. We are currently about to go through all the forms for DIC and burial benefits with his VSO next week. However we have one concern. His VSO stated that his cancer had to be listed specifically as the cause of death to make the DIC process go smoothly and get approved.
His Lymphoma is listed as the cause of death on the death certificate but on that certificate it only says "lymphoma".....it doesn't spell it all out and state "non-hodgkins lymphoma".
This is what concerns us. How picky is the VA on specifics? Has anyone gone through this before, maybe with this same service connected disease and offer an opinion if the VA will deny my mother DIC? All the VA has to do is look at his medical records and see that he had been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and was 100% disabled rated.
Maybe my family is just worrying too much. It just that my mother really needs that DIC to survive.