The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by his service-connected glaucoma and denied both the cause of death claim and DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's terminal illness to his service-connected condition or any other event of service.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudomonas pneumonia, hypovolemia, end stage renal disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0018186
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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