The Board found no evidence of a service-connected condition that caused the veteran's death, and there was no indication of exposure to herbicides in Vietnam. The claim for service connection for cause of death is denied.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence linking any current disability to active service or post-service presumptive conditions related to Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- undifferentiated (anaplastic) carcinoma (possible sweat gland primary), metastatic to right axillary lymph nodes, right and left lungs, liver, right chest cavity with direct superficial invasion of vertebrae (T2-T7), lateral right chest wall, right adrenal gland
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0016216
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