The Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and the Board denied service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the Veteran’s fatal testicular cancer to his military service or exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- hepato-renal failure, metastatic testicular cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19105062
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Denied
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