The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, metastic lung cancer, was not incurred in or related to his active service. The Board found no evidence linking the lung cancer to any incident during service and no herbicide exposure based on service in Korea.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the Veteran's metastic lung cancer to any incident of active service, including a lack of in-service diagnosis or treatment for lung issues.
- Claimed conditions
- metastic lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2017
- Citation
- 1700636
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