The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his diabetes mellitus contributed substantially or materially to his death from hepatocellular cancer (HCC).
The deciding factor: The Board found reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant's claim and determined that her service-connected diabetes mellitus may have contributed to her husband's death from HCC.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatocellular cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2017
- Citation
- 1720082
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