The Board found no direct service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and denied the claim.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence showing a relationship between the veteran's service-connected conditions and his death, nor any other chronic disease within one year of separation that could be presumed to have caused his death.
- Claimed conditions
- massive myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0122903
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0122903.
What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient verification of the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicide agents and a need for a VA opinion regarding whether his death was caused by such exposure.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's service-connected residuals of meningitis-neurasthenia with weakness of the right arm were not a principal or contributory cause of his death, and denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and the appellant has no legal entitlement to accrued benefits or nonservice-connected death pension benefits.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the cause of death was not service-connected and denied DIC and DEA benefits. The veteran died from a myocardial infarction, but his service records are unavailable.
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