The Board found that the Veteran's fatal cancer was not related to service, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence or competent opinion linking the causes of the Veteran's death to service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic cancer of the liver, metastatic carcinoma of the liver and pancreas
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1026089
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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