The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death due to lack of evidence linking asbestosis, a possible exposure during military service, to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: Asbestosis was not diagnosed and there were no findings consistent with asbestos exposure or disease in the available medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- Ventricular fibrillation, Septic shock, Metastatic colon cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1000261
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and relevant treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death, specifically addressing whether his respiratory failure, septic shock, hemorrhagic shock, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and chronic osteomyelitis of the right leg were related to in-service toxic exposure or an in-service right leg injury.
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