Smoking tobacco products - material contribution
Motor neurone disease - Smoking tobacco products - material contribution Factor
Last reviewed for CCPS 18 July 2006.
Investigative Documents
Claimant Report - Smoking [CRD905]
Claimant Report - Smoking [CRV905]
Preliminary questions [35770]
the veteran has smoked cigarettes, cigars or pipe tobacco at some time.35771 — the veteran has established the causal connection between smoking tobacco products and operational service for the clinical onset of motor neurone disease.
Clinical onset and operational service [35771]
the veteran had smoked at least 20 pack years of cigarettes or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products before the clinical onset of motor neurone disease. smoking as a causal result of operational service made a material contribution to the SOP requirements for motor neurone disease and smoking tobacco products.
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