The Board denied the claims for service connection for the cause of death, dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, and special monthly compensation by reason of need for aid and attendance due to the veteran at the time of death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the veteran's service-connected disabilities and his cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- psychoneurosis anxiety reaction, interstitial lung disease, polymyositis, pulmonary hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0013601
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- Dismissed
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