The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish that the Veteran's malignant glioblastoma had its onset during active service or resulted from disease or injury in service, or from a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant glioblastoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0938031
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability, and the Board found no link between his conditions and his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not service-connected due to exposure to herbicides, and there is no evidence linking his glioblastoma to military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding the Veteran's exposure to herbicides while aboard the USS Kearsarge in 1965, 1967, and 1968. The appellant must provide additional evidence of such exposure.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected prostatic cancer contributed substantially or materially to his death from malignant glioblastoma, and thus grants service connection for cause of death.
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