The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of death due to a lack of medical evidence linking the veteran's death to his military service.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence showing that the veteran's anxiety disorder or any other service-connected condition contributed to his death from pancreatic cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, pancreatic cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0624114
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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