The claim for service connection for the cause of death has been reopened due to new evidence, but the veteran's terminal cancer is not considered service-connected. Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility remains denied.
The deciding factor: New submitted evidence does not establish a direct or contributory relationship between the veteran's service and his terminal illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized carcinomatosis, Malignant melanoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0106123
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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