The Board is unable to determine the cause of death due to a gap in medical records from March 1968 to January 1998, preventing effective review of the appellant's claim.
The deciding factor: There is an inexplicable gap of almost thirty years in the veteran's medical history, which prevents effective review of the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Seizure Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 17, 2001
- Citation
- 0121043
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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