The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death due to colonic adenocarcinoma, attributing it to Agent Orange exposure during military service. However, no medical evidence supports a link between Agent Orange exposure and colon cancer.
The deciding factor: No credible medical evidence established a nexus between the veteran's Agent Orange exposure and his development of colon cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- colonic adenocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0413536
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- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and there is no evidence of herbicide exposure. The Board denied DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 and the cause of death claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
Service connection is granted for prostate cancer due to exposure to herbicide agents during service. Service connection is remanded for colonic adenocarcinoma.
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