The Board finds that the veteran's pancreatic cancer, which caused his death, was incurred in active military service and grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is in equipoise on whether the veteran's pancreatic cancer began during his military service. The Board resolves all reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant, finding that the veteran's pancreatic cancer was incurred in active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637580
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Decisions by this judge: 1,440 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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