The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death was not caused or contributed to by any service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a direct link between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his fatal conditions (metastatic cancer, GI bleeding, ESRD).
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic cancer, end stage renal disease (ESRD), GI bleeding
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2013
- Citation
- 1302050
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death prior to a decision being made.
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