The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is not well grounded, and thus denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish a nexus between any disease or injury during military service and the veteran's HIV infection and AIDS resulting in his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), HIV Infection
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0012286
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is related to his active service, and thus grants service connection for AIDS.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for headaches, psychiatric disorder, substance abuse, HIV infection, brain disease (aneurysm), kidney disorder, and disability manifested by weight loss are all granted. The claim for seizures is remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient information regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and his HIV/AIDS. Additional medical opinion is needed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for HIV and AIDS, finding that the Veteran's pre-existing HIV infection clearly and unmistakably existed prior to his active duty service.
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