The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, entitlement to accrued VA compensation benefits, and DIC under section 1318. The claim for service connection was denied due to lack of evidence linking anemia to service. The claim for accrued benefits was denied as the appellant did not file her claim within one year after the veteran's death. The claim for DIC was denied because there was no period during which the veteran was rated as totally disabled.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the cause of the veteran's death, anemia, could not be linked to service due to a lack of evidence in the record. As the appellant did not file her claims within one year after the veteran's death for accrued benefits and there was no period during which the veteran was rated as totally disabled for DIC purposes, all claims were denied.
- Claimed conditions
- anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0111703
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