The Veteran's death is not shown to be proximately caused by VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or similar instance of fault. The Board finds the appellant's contentions with respect to the Veteran’s death are not credible.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's death was proximately caused by VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skills, error in judgment or similar instance of fault.
- Claimed conditions
- Metastatic cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19189970
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