The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that there was no relationship between his cause of death and service, including due to asbestos exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion determined it was not likely that the veteran's various cancers during his lifetime were related to exposure to asbestos during his military service in the Navy.
- Claimed conditions
- diffuse metastatic cancer, unknown primary, acute renal failure, liver failure, brain metastasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2008
- Citation
- 0821873
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and therefore his surviving spouse is denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of his death.
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