The Board found that neither the veteran's service-connected anxiety state nor his pre-existing fracture of the right tarsal navicular caused or contributed to his death. The causes of death, cardiopulmonary arrest and colon cancer, were not related to service.
The deciding factor: Neither the veteran’s service-connected anxiety state nor his pre-existing fracture of the right tarsal navicular was found to be a substantial or material factor in causing his death from cardiopulmonary arrest and metastatic colon carcinoma.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety State, Fracture of the Right Tarsal Navicular
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0124350
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