The Board found that the claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is not well grounded and denied the claim.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not provide competent evidence linking the cause of the veteran's death to his military service, a service-connected disorder, or his POW experience. Her testimony was considered credible but she is not competent to offer medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain tumor
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0011787
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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