Partly granted
The veteran's death was service-connected due to skin cancer residuals. The claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation was dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the service-connected skin cancer residuals contributed substantially or materially to the Veteran's demise.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, sarcopenia, multiple squamous cell carcinomas
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25000093
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