The veteran's death was caused by cardiorespiratory arrest due to or as a consequence of metastatic rectal cancer. There is no evidence that these conditions were related to his service, and the Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against the claim.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's death to his active duty service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- metastic rectal cancer, cardiorespiratory arrest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0602939
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