The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death due to lack of evidence showing that the veteran's service-connected disability caused or contributed to his death.,The Board also denied DIC benefits as the veteran did not have a 10 or more year period of total disability rating due to service-connected disabilities prior to his death.
The deciding factor: The cause of death was undetermined, and there is no evidence that the veteran's service-connected shoulder disability caused or contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- undetermined, residuals fragment wound, left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0001047
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