The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, as there was no evidence that the Veteran's osteosarcoma was related to his military service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The December 2007 VA physician concluded that the Veteran's osteosarcoma was not caused by or a result of his in-service laminectomies or his underlying back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- osteosarcoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0909882
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Decisions by this judge: 1,325 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
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