The VA denied the claim for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, concluding that his cancer was not caused by in-service malaria or amebic abscess.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion determined that there is no credible scientific evidence linking malaria or amebic liver abscess to bile duct and pancreas cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoma of bile duct, pancreas
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2009
- Citation
- 0924691
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