The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death and also denied his claim for dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to a lack of well-grounded evidence.
The deciding factor: There was no credible medical evidence linking any disability to service or contributing to the veteran's death, making the claims not well grounded.
- Claimed conditions
- cerebrovascular accident, cardiorespiratory arrest
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0021184
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