The Veteran's traumatic encephalopathy, a service-connected condition, is not considered to be a contributory cause of his death due to metastatic colon cancer. The evidence does not support the conclusion that the traumatic encephalopathy caused debilitating effects or general impairment of health that rendered him materially less capable of resisting the colon cancer.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's traumatic encephalopathy did not result in debilitating effects and general impairment of health sufficient to render him materially less capable of resisting the metastatic colon cancer, as evidenced by his ability to seek medical treatment for other conditions up until his death.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic colon cancer, traumatic encephalopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1423475
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