The Board has denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that neither his service-connected intercostal neuralgia nor any other service-connected condition contributed to his lung cancer and subsequent death.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no causal link between the veteran's service-connected intercostal neuralgia and his lung cancer or death.
- Claimed conditions
- intercostal neuralgia, lung carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0611151
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