The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to a lack of competent medical evidence linking the cause of death to military service or to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: No medical evidence was presented that linked the cause of death (end stage cardiomyopathy) to military service or to any service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- end stage cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0009390
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Related decisions
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the relationship between PTSD and the Veteran's cause of death. Additional medical records are needed, including those related to PTSD and end stage cardiomyopathy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA medical records and a VA opinion regarding the cause of death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the case must be remanded to allow consideration of both service connection for the cause of death and a claim based on VA hospital treatment under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, as these issues are inextricably intertwined with the overall cause of death issue.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death was cardiopulmonary collapse due to end stage cardiomyopathy and severe arteriosclerotic heart disease, with a significant contributory cause being cerebrovascular accident. Service connection for the cause of death is denied as there is no evidence linking these conditions to service or service-connected PTSD.
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