The Board denied the appellant's application to reopen her claim for service connection for the causes of the Veteran’s death due to lack of new and material evidence. The January 1992, June 1994, and January 2011 rating decisions were final as the appellant did not file a notice of disagreement or new and material evidence within one year following notification.
The deciding factor: The Board found no new and material evidence to support the claim for service connection for the causes of the Veteran’s death.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatic cancer, gallbladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18123275
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not caused by a disability incurred or aggravated in service, and the Board denied the claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has dismissed the appeal for accrued benefits and has remanded the issue of service connection for cause of death, as there was a duty to assist error related to obtaining a medical nexus opinion regarding in-service herbicide agent exposure.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death, gallbladder cancer, is not service-connected as there is no evidence linking the condition to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for liver cancer, lung cancer, and pancreatic cancer, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are attributable to the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicide agents (Agent Orange).
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