The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death due to lack of evidence linking the Veteran's cause of death (metastatic cancer of an unknown primary origin, schwannomas of the spinal cord, and neurofibromas) to his military service or any related exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the Veteran's disabilities that caused his death and his military service or any related exposure to herbicides or dioxin.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic cancer of an unknown primary origin, schwannomas of the spinal cord, neurofibromas
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2018
- Citation
- 1805452
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What this means for you
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