The Board found that the metastatic melanoma which caused the veteran's death was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and may not be presumed to have been otherwise incurred in service.,The basic eligibility requirements for entitlement to Dependents' Educational Assistance allowance under Chapter 35 were not met.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence or opinion of record which would tend to indicate that the veteran's fatal melanoma began during his period of active service, within one year of his separation from active service, or was related to any incident of his service, to include his exposure to herbicides during service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic melanoma, nodular melanoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0312676
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