The Board finds that the Veteran's death is less likely than not related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents, and service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that there was no evidence linking the Veteran’s metastatic gastric cancer or chronic renal insufficiency to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic gastric cancer, chronic renal insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2017
- Citation
- 1728598
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