The Board has denied the claim of service connection for cause of death due to radiation exposure and bladder cancer, finding that neither contributed substantially or materially to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence does not support a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service radiation exposure and his squamous cell carcinoma, nor does it support a contribution to his death from service-connected bladder cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma, bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1022892
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