The Board found that the veteran's cause of death (metastatic prostate carcinoma) was not related to service exposure to ionizing radiation and denied the claim for service connection on direct basis due to lack of evidence linking the condition to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence showing that the veteran was exposed to ionizing radiation during service, nor does there exist a link between his prostate cancer and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic prostate carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2007
- Citation
- 0709373
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