The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was caused by metastatic gastric carcinoma, which is service-connected based on direct evidence. The Board also found a link between gastritis shown in service and subsequent development of gastric cancer.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show recurrent gastritic episodes, which could have contributed to the development of gastric cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic gastric carcinoma, gastritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1018798
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What this means for you
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