The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, claimed as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange. The evidence did not establish a link between the veteran's terminal cancer and his active service or exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's metastatic squamous cell carcinoma to his active service or exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of an undetermined primary site
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0014734
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What this means for you
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