The Board denied the appellant's claim that the cause of her husband's death was related to his service-connected disabilities, finding no evidence linking any of the veteran's conditions to his time in active duty.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a connection between the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder and his cause of death. The Board also found no evidence that any of the other contributing causes of death were related to the veteran's period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiovascular disorder, abdominal aortic aneurysm, sepsis, myelodysplasia with pancytopenia, cerebral vascular accident, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, myeloproliferative disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0003837
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