The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by or substantially contributed to by any service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the veteran's service-connected left hydrocele and his diagnosed conditions (lung cancer, bladder cancer, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic lung cancer, bladder cancer, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0203074
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What this means for you
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