The Veteran's claim for service connection for liposarcoma of the right thigh, as secondary to his service-connected myotonic dystrophy, was denied. Effective dates were not granted for other claims related to mental health disorders and unemployability.
The deciding factor: Service connection for liposarcoma was denied because there was no evidence linking it to either service or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- liposarcoma of the right thigh
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2016
- Citation
- 1600993
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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