The veteran's death was caused by squamous cell carcinoma of the left nose and maxilla with metastasis to the left lung and shoulder. The Board found that there is no reasonable possibility that his cancers were caused by radiation exposure during service, thus denying service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The Undersecretary for Health concluded it is unlikely that the veteran's multiple basal and squamous cell skin cancers or squamous cell lung cancer can be attributed to exposure to ionizing radiation in service.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of the left nose and maxilla, metastasis to the left lung, metastasis to the shoulder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0014905
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What this means for you
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