The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death claimed as secondary to in-service smoking and denied entitlement to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a causal link between the veteran's in-service smoking and his fatal esophageal adenocarcinoma.
- Claimed conditions
- Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0114834
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