The Veteran's death was caused by metastatic colon cancer, which is not service-connected. The appellant seeks benefits for the cause of her husband's death and related issues but has failed to meet the evidentiary requirements for accrued benefits due to a lack of timely filing.
The deciding factor: Accrued benefits require that there be no pending claims at the time of the Veteran's death, which is not met in this case as the appellant did not file her claim within one year of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic colon cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1047753
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