The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death based on the submission of new evidence, but it is not clear whether this new evidence establishes a direct or secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: New medical records from Fort Rucker indicate that the veteran had arteriosclerotic heart disease and multiple myocardial infarctions within one year after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Myocardial infarction, Coronary occlusion, Coronary atherosclerosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0009812
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What this means for you
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