The Board finds that the Veteran's cause of death, gallstone pancreatitis, was not related to service-connected conditions. The evidence does not support a finding that any service-connected condition contributed substantially or materially to his death.
The deciding factor: The May 2006 coroner's report clearly identified acute necrotizing pancreatitis as the immediate cause of death due to gallstone pancreatitis, which was found to be caused by obstruction of the hepatopancreatic duct by choledocholithiasis. The Veteran had no service-connected condition that contributed substantially or materially to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute necrotizing pancreatitis, Gallstone pancreatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1228435
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