The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, gastric cancer and abdominal sepsis, is not service connected due to lack of evidence showing a direct relationship with his military service or any service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence linking the Veteran’s service-connected duodenal ulcers to his death from gastric cancer and abdominal sepsis. The Board found that there was insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between herbicide exposure and the Veteran's condition, as well as no other potential theories of entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastric Cancer, Abdominal Sepsis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1006912
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