The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of her husband's death and for basic eligibility for dependents' educational assistance benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the veteran's death was caused by a disease or injury incurred in or aggravated by service, nor could it be established that any disability for which service connection could have been established was a primary or contributory cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of the pyriform sinus, hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident with multiple pulmonary METS
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0013160
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