The Board has determined that the Veteran's lung cancer, which caused his death, is service-connected under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to VA medical care.
The deciding factor: VA failed to exercise the degree of care expected from a reasonable health care provider in diagnosing and treating the Veteran's metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, resulting in additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2012
- Citation
- 1202416
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