The veteran was not eligible for Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI) because he had not been granted a specially adapted housing grant before his death, and the necessary information to approve such a grant were not known at the time of his death.
The deciding factor: The veteran's eligibility for VMLI required approval of a SAH grant, which was pending due to unmet regulatory requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic lung cancer, metastatic carcinoma to the left iliac crest, renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2007
- Citation
- 0723617
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Related decisions
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for renal cell carcinoma with partial nephrectomy is remanded due to a lack of development regarding the relationship between his hypertension and the cancer. The AOJ must obtain an addendum opinion from an appropriate physician to determine if the Veteran's hypertension caused or aggravated his renal cell carcinoma.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for renal cell carcinoma is remanded due to the lack of a reasoned medical explanation connecting the facts of his case.
- Dismissed
Your appeal for service connection for renal cell carcinoma with partial nephrectomy has been dismissed because the issue was already validly appealed in a previous docket number.
- Granted
The Veteran's cause of death, metastatic lung cancer, was found to be related to service and caused or contributed substantially to the Veteran's death. The Board granted entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death.
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