The Board has determined that the veteran's cause of death, bronchogenic carcinoma and small cell undifferentiated carcinoma, was due to nicotine dependence acquired during his military service. The case is granted.
The deciding factor: The examiner concluded that it is at least as likely as not that the cancer reported in the medical records was due to cigarette smoking or cannot be dissociated from the cigarette smoking, given the veteran's history of long-term cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence acquired during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchogenic carcinoma, small cell undifferentiated carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0031832
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A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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