The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of her husband's death and DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, finding that there was no well-grounded claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA did not find a well-grounded claim for service connection as the medical evidence did not link the cause of her husband's death to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Poliomyelitis, Atrial Flutter
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2001
- Citation
- 0123564
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