The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his service-connected duodenal ulcer was a principal or contributory cause of his death.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected duodenal ulcer was a principal or contributory cause of his death based on the amended certificate of death listing complete bowel obstruction and secondary chronic adhesions as the primary cause of death, which is related to his service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic squamous cell carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1046892
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What this means for you
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