The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death, finding that his suicide was not due to a service-connected disability and thus denying the claim.
The deciding factor: The decision found that while the veteran had multiple service-connected disabilities, his suicide was not caused by any of them or by a service-connected disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- hiatal hernia with ulcer disease, chronic headaches, diabetes mellitus with retrograde ejaculation, cervical strain, ventral hernia, sciatica, shell fragment wound left hand with left index finger fracture, right knee chondromalacia patella with fragment wound right knee, left knee chondromalacia patella, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss with perforated right tympanic membrane, flat feet with history of bilateral fragment wound calf, hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0033802
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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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