The Board found that the veteran's cause of death was due to complications from plasmacytoma, but did not meet the criteria for service connection as it occurred more than one year after separation from service.
The deciding factor: The disease process was diagnosed late in its course and there is no evidence of symptoms prior to discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- plasmacytoma, respiratory distress syndrome, deep vein thrombosis, dehydration, viral pneumonia, sepsis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2001
- Citation
- 0108925
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the service connection claims for deep vein thrombosis and hypothyroidism due to insufficient VA medical opinions.
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