The Board found that the Veteran's colon cancer is not related to service or any incident of service origin, including exposure to herbicides or asbestos. The Board also determined that his colon cancer is not secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that there was no direct link between the Veteran's military service and his current colon cancer diagnosis, nor did he find any evidence of a connection with his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of colon cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1618324
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