The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by or substantially contributed to by a service-connected disability, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing that the veteran's ruptured abdominal aneurysm was incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service. The medical evidence does not support a finding that any of his service-connected disabilities caused, contributed to, or accelerated his death.
- Claimed conditions
- ruptured abdominal aneurysm, anxiety reaction with gastric symptoms, psoriasis, vulgaris, arthritis of both shoulders, arthritis of both ankles and wrists, arthritic conditions of left knee and cervical spine, myalgia of both thighs and legs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0206916
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