The Board has denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that none of his service-connected conditions contributed to his death and there is no evidence linking any service-related injury to his death.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not provide medical or other probative evidence to substantiate her claims regarding a service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- sepsis, failure to thrive, subdural hematoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0112252
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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