The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability, nor could it be presumed to have been caused by exposure to herbicide agents. The cause of death was determined to be generalized carcinomatosis with metastases to the liver from an unknown primary site.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the Veteran’s death to a service-connected condition or to any incident of active service, including herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized carcinomatosis, Metastatic cancer to liver from an unknown primary site
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1641829
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