The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected gastrointestinal disorder did not cause or contribute substantially to his death from medullary carcinoma of the thyroid with metastasis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding that the service-connected gastrointestinal condition caused or contributed to the Veteran's fatal cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- medullary carcinoma of the thyroid, metastasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2014
- Citation
- 1420911
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