Denied
The Veteran's cause of death, metastatic cancer with unknown primary and peritoneal metastases, is not related to his military service or exposure to Agent Orange or asbestos.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran’s cancer was caused by herbicide exposure in Vietnam or by asbestos exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic cancer with unknown primary and peritoneal metastases
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107722
What this means for you
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