The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to meningial carcinomatosis, which is a direct result of his service. The evidence does not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection based on exposure to ionizing radiation or Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The condition that caused the Veteran's death (meningial carcinomatosis) was found to be directly related to his service without meeting any specific presumptions for other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Meningial carcinomatosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1008073
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