The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was not caused by VA medical care, and therefore DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is denied.
The deciding factor: VA did not commit any negligence or error in judgment during the treatment provided to the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Laryngeal cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0912591
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable disability rating for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for laryngeal cancer.
- Remanded (sent back)
The DIC claim is denied as the Veteran was not rated continuously totally disabled for a period of at least 10 years. The cause of death claim is remanded due to insufficient medical opinion regarding service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal includes issues related to the propriety of reducing his disability rating for laryngeal cancer and whether he should be granted a TDIU. These matters are being remanded due to potential impact on other decisions.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for COPD, finding that there is no evidence of a current diagnosis or etiological link to his military service.
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