The Board found that the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death is not well-grounded due to lack of evidence linking the veteran's fatal conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no competent medical evidence showing a link between the veteran's fatal conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic melanoma, adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0003579
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for metastatic melanoma, finding that it is related to in-service sun exposure.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not related to his military service, including any in-service dental work or ionizing radiation exposure. The Board denied the claim for service connection.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's colon cancer is evaluated at a 100 percent rating since the date of his claim due to active treatment.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal of the claims for service connection for constipation, an earlier effective date of January 22, 2019 for a compensable rating for GERD, and a higher rating of up to 60 percent for GERD is dismissed. The claim for a 10 percent evaluation based upon multiple, noncompensable, service-connected disabilities for the period April 23, 2019 to September 30, 2020 is denied as a matter of law.
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