The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his military service and his fatal conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical records did not show any service-connected disability or exposure to herbicides that could have caused or contributed to the Veteran's fatal lung cancer and brain metastasis.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma, brain metastasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0918675
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- Remanded (sent back)
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