The Board has granted Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1151, which rendered moot the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1318.
The deciding factor: The Board found that VA failed to diagnose and treat the veteran's pancreatic cancer with metastasis in February or May 1995, resulting in a grant of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 which mooted the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1318.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatic cancer with metastasis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2005
- Citation
- 0508707
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