The Board denied the appellant's claims for dependency and indemnity compensation, improved nonservice-connected death pension benefits, and burial benefits due to lack of evidence supporting her claims. The cause of the veteran's death was not service-connected, and she did not meet income requirements for improved nonservice-connected death pension.
The deciding factor: The claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is denied as not well-grounded due to a lack of medical evidence linking the adenocarcinoma to his military service. The appellant also failed to meet the income requirements for improved nonservice-connected death pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic adenocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0008558
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