The veteran died in 1998 and there is no evidence of a claim for service connection for stomach cancer being filed prior to his death. Therefore, the appellant's request for accrued benefits based on this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no original claim for service connection for carcinoma of the stomach submitted by the veteran prior to his death in 1998.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoma of the stomach
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0308484
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