The veteran's cause of death was not service-connected, and his claims for excision of lipoma, right deltoid, and open comedones, seborrheic keratoses and seborrheic dermatitis of the glans penis as a result of herbicide exposure were denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's cause of death to his service or any service-connected conditions. The excision of lipoma, right deltoid, and open comedones, seborrheic keratoses and seborrheic dermatitis of the glans penis was not shown to be related to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Gastric Adenocarcinoma","location":"Stomach"}, {"condition_name":"Multiple Myeloma","location":"Bone Marrow"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0639336
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