The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that there was no evidence linking his death to any service-connected condition or to conditions he may have acquired as a POW.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the medical records were insufficient to establish a link between the veteran's death and any service-connected condition or conditions related to his time as a POW.
- Claimed conditions
- cardio-respiratory arrest, bronchial asthma, anemia, heart disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0112298
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What this means for you
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