The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that the fatal brain tumor and sacral chordoma were not related to service or any service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a direct relationship between the Veteran's service and his fatal conditions, nor could it be presumed due to exposure to herbicides as he served in Vietnam but no such exposure was documented.
- Claimed conditions
- brain tumor (probable glioma), sacral chordoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2013
- Citation
- 1324925
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