The Board has determined that the veteran's stomach cancer status post partial gastrectomy was not incurred or aggravated in service and is not presumed to have been incurred due to exposure to herbicides. The claim for accrued benefits is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence showing that the veteran's stomach cancer was manifest during service or within one year of separation, and there is no positive association between exposure to herbicide agents and any other condition for which a presumption of service connection is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0631005
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