The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death. The case is remanded for further development and adjudication.
The deciding factor: New medical opinion letters provided by the veteran's son, a physician and surgeon, suggest a causal link between the veteran's service-connected injuries and the stomach carcinoma that caused his death.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoma of the stomach, status post coronary artery bypass grafts and status post multiple cerebrovascular accidents
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0003687
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- Granted
The Veteran's death is due to his service-connected coronary artery disease, which is presumed related to herbicide exposure during temporary duty trips to Vietnam.
- Denied
The Board denied the reopening of a claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to lack of new and material evidence, including medical records that did not provide a nexus between the Veteran's presumed exposure to Agent Orange and his death.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by VA negligence and denied both service connection for cause of death and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection claim for carcinoma of the stomach was denied as there were no in-service manifestations or chronic symptoms post-service, and the condition is not presumed to be related to herbicide exposure.
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