The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected spinal and conversion disorders did not cause or contribute to his death from acute myocardial infarction due to arteriosclerotic heart disease.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion concluded that the decrease of physical activity in the last 20-30 years was unlikely to be the unique cause of the veteran's acute myocardial infarction, and service-connected conditions did not directly cause or secondary to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- marked spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease and osteoarthritis of the spine, conversion reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0120374
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