The Veteran's cause of death was listed as cardiopulmonary arrest due to metastatic bladder cancer and prostate carcinoma. The appellant claimed service connection for the cause of death based on exposure to herbicides, but there is no evidence of such exposure in his service records or medical history. Service connection cannot be granted because the cancers were not related to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's fatal cancers (bladder and prostate) did not have their onset during service or within one year post-service, and there was no evidence of herbicide exposure that could link these conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Metastatic Bladder Cancer, Prostate Carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2016
- Citation
- 1636011
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