The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, end stage liver disease due to alcoholic cirrhosis and viral hepatitis, was not service-connected. The appeal for Dependents' Educational Assistance under Chapter 35 is legally insufficient.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's cause of death to his period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- alcoholic cirrhosis, viral hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0001281
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