The appeal for entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death and accrued benefits was denied due to a lack of evidence supporting the claim.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence did not support that the Veteran's metastatic pancreatic cancer, which caused his death, was related to his military service, including exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Metastatic pancreatic cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25005249
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Decisions by this judge: 713 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his fatal pancreatic cancer was not caused or aggravated by any service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Board found that the cause of death was metastatic pancreatic cancer, which is not service-connected. The veteran's prostate cancer did not contribute to his death and there is no evidence linking the pancreas cancer to service or Agent Orange exposure. Therefore, service connection for the cause of death is denied, as well as eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance.
- Denied
The Board found that the metastatic pancreatic cancer was not related to military service and did not contribute substantially or materially to cause the veteran's death.
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