The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by service-connected conditions, and denied both claims for service connection for the cause of death and educational assistance benefits under Chapter 35. The appellant's claim for service connection due to Agent Orange exposure is considered 'unknown' as it does not fall within the scope of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The veteran died from liver cancer that was not related to his military service, including presumed Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute renal failure, Hepatorenal syndrome, Metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2004
- Citation
- 0415739
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