The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that a service-connected disability did not play any role in causing or hastening his death.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be established as there was no evidence linking the veteran's malignant hepatoma to service or any other condition.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant hepatoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0614436
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What this means for you
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