The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, metastatic colon cancer, was not related to his military service and denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the veteran's metastatic colon cancer did not arise during service or due to a service-connected condition, and thus could not be granted as service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic colon cancer, liver failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0417825
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