The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death, finding that metastatic small cell lung carcinoma and hepatic failure were not present in service or related to service. The Board also found no evidence of exposure to mustard gas during service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not established as there was no evidence linking the veteran's conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic small cell lung carcinoma, hepatic failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0635687
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