The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by service-connected conditions and denied both claims for accrued benefits. The cause of death was abdominal cancer, which is not shown to be related to service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence linking the Veteran's abdominal cancer or the cause of his death to service.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal cancer, gastric cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1011807
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What this means for you
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