The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that it was unlikely related to radiation exposure during service. The claim for DIC benefits under section 1318 was also denied.
The deciding factor: VA's Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Officer concluded that it was unlikely that the veteran's bronchogenic carcinoma could be attributed to inservice radiation exposure, based on dose estimates provided by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
- Claimed conditions
- Bronchogenic carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2001
- Citation
- 0112825
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