The Board found that the veteran's metastatic gastric cancer was not caused by service or Agent Orange exposure, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The VA specialist determined it was 'far less likely than not' that the veteran's fatal malignancy was caused or aggravated in any way by exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic gastric cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2002
- Citation
- 0202175
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What this means for you
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