The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and denied DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to lack of evidence linking any disability to military service.
The deciding factor: The medical records did not show a service-connected disease or disability that contributed substantially or materially to the cause of the veteran's death, and there was no demonstration of a service-connected disease or disability that hastened, caused or contributed substantially or materially to the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiopulmonary arrest, acute myocardial infarction, coronary atherosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0031356
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What this means for you
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