The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that there is no well-grounded claim and insufficient evidence to link the veteran's lung cancer or his death with active military service or inservice asbestos exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not show a diagnosis of or treatment for a lung disability due to or caused by exposure to asbestos. The appellant has only offered her lay opinion, which is not sufficient to support a well-grounded claim.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the lung
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0001447
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