The Board has determined that none of the service-connected conditions contributed to the Veteran's cause of death, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The medical expert concluded that the service-connected restrictive lung disease was not a contributory cause to the Veteran's death. The examiner noted that histoplasmosis and restrictive lung disease are not contributory factors in developing adenocarcinoma (a form of cancer) of the lung, which was the immediate cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- restrictive lung disease, anxiety neurosis, degenerative changes of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2017
- Citation
- 1744348
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