Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that metastatic rectal cancer was not related to in-service toxic exposures or otherwise related to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a relationship between the Veteran's metastatic rectal cancer and in-service firefighting exposures or any other aspect of his service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic rectal cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017669
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