The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and found that the appellant is not eligible for dependents' educational assistance benefits as a matter of law.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not have a permanent total service-connected disability at the time of his death, nor was he evaluated as having such a disability due to service-connected causes. The Board concluded that the claim was not well grounded and denied both issues.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute renal failure, Myocardial infarction, Sepsis, Liver failure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2000
- Citation
- 0020262
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What this means for you
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