The Veteran's death was caused by metastatic rectosigmoid cancer, and it is more likely than not that the proximate cause of the Veteran's death was due to an error in judgment on the part of VA in failing to diagnose the Veteran's rectal cancer.
The deciding factor: It can be determined with reasonable medical certainty that the patient's death was caused by metastatic rectal/rectosigmoid cancer and that the death was significantly hastened by the VA's failure to timely diagnose his rectal cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic rectosigmoid cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0905548
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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