The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to carcinoma of the pancreas, effective from January 10, 2003, based on new and material evidence submitted by the appellant.
The deciding factor: The claim was reopened with new and material evidence received in January 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoma of the pancreas, carcinoma of the right testicle
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1027279
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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