The Board has determined that the veteran's death was not caused or significantly contributed to by his service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's fatal pneumonia and underlying cardiovascular and other contributing conditions to his service, any incident therein, or to any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Pneumonia, Stroke, Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Arteriosclerotic peripheral vascular disease, Arteriosclerotic heart disease, Alzheimer's type senile dementia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0124725
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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