The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding it not well grounded due to lack of evidence linking the cause of death to his period of active service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's cause of death to his period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- right lung squamous cell carcinoma, malnourishment secondary to chronic gastrointestinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0000228
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What this means for you
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