The Veteran's cause of death, brain cancer, is not service-connected as there is no evidence of a disability during or related to his military service.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the listed cause of death, brain cancer, is not warranted due to lack of in-service treatment and no evidence linking it to service.
- Claimed conditions
- brain cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2013
- Citation
- 1321599
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