The veteran's service-connected disabilities did not contribute substantially or materially to his death. The legal criteria for the payment of DIC benefits based upon total disability at the time of death have not been met.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence that a disability related to active service caused, hastened, or materially and substantially contributed to the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Stage IV adenocarcinoma of the lung, metastases to the liver
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0111956
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