The Board has granted the appellant's claim for accrued benefits based on service connection for lung cancer with metastasis due to tobacco use in service, as established by evidence at the time of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Court's ruling that since the underlying claim of service connection for lung cancer due to tobacco use in service was received by the RO before June 9, 1998, and given the Board's conclusion that evidence at the time of the veteran's death established that his lung cancer was caused by tobacco use during service, the appellant is entitled to accrued benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer with metastasis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2007
- Citation
- 0723191
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