The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that multiple myeloma is a radiogenic disease and presumed to be related to radiation exposure in service. However, the Board concluded that multiple myeloma was not a principal or contributory cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: Multiple myeloma is presumptively a radiogenic disease due to presumed ionizing radiation exposure during active military service, but it was not found to be the principal or contributory cause of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- cirrhosis of the liver, multiple myeloma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2011
- Citation
- 1117038
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- Remanded (sent back)
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