The Veteran's death was not caused by VA medical care, and the Board finds no evidence of wrongdoing or negligence on the part of the VA. The cause of death was liver cancer that developed after the Veteran's final hospitalization.
The deciding factor: VA did not cause the Veteran's death through any fault in providing medical treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the liver, extensive multinodular primary hepatic undifferentiated carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0926530
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