The Board denied service connection for cause of the veteran's death due to lack of evidence linking his bronchogenic carcinoma to service, including any asbestos exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a relationship between the veteran's bronchogenic carcinoma and service or any in-service asbestos exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchogenic carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0623217
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