The Veteran's cause of death, abdominal carcinomatosis, is not service-connected due to the lack of evidence linking it to his presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions found no link between Agent Orange exposure and the Veteran's cancer that caused his death.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal carcinomatosis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22009683
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