The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, was not service-connected and denied both claims for service connection and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion indicated that there was no evidence in the veteran's service records to suggest he developed pancreatitis during his active duty years. The examiner concluded that the cause of death was primarily due to the adenocarcinoma, with complications contributing to it.
- 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
- April 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0711854
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the cause of death (metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas) is related to service-connected conditions and will require further examination and opinion.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his hypertension, which was caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD, contributed substantially and materially to his death.
- Granted
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a medical opinion regarding whether metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas and diabetes mellitus, Type 2, were incurred in service or contributed to the veteran's death.
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