The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of death due to laryngeal cancer, finding that there was no radiation exposure in service and thus no basis for a radiogenic disease claim. The DIC claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 was also denied as the Veteran did not meet the criteria for total disability based on service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The appellant submitted evidence indicating possible radiation exposure during service, but DTRA could not provide a dose estimate due to the Veteran's arrival in Japan after July 1946. The Under Secretary for Health also found no dosimetry information available.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the larynx
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1000609
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