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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0611151
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Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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