The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's death to his military service or any service-connected disability, thus denying service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: No credible medical evidence established a link between the veteran's service and the cause of death (cerebral hemorrhage).
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0107123
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage, and hypertension was a contributory cause. The Board found that the Veteran’s hypertension was aggravated by his service-connected PTSD and caused by herbicide exposure, granting service connection for the cause of death.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Hemorrhage, and Bilateral Hearing Loss. The decision found no credible evidence supporting these conditions or a link to service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition, and therefore denied his claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
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