The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to new and material evidence provided by a private physician, which supports the appellant's contention that the Veteran's service-connected gunshot wounds led to his development of peptic ulcer disease and ultimately gastric carcinoma.
The deciding factor: A supportive nexus opinion from a private physician related the Veteran's service-connected disabilities to his fatal gastric cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastric Carcinoma, Gunshot Wounds (to cheek, teeth, and abdomen)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2011
- Citation
- 1127632
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