The Board found no evidence to support a causal relationship between the veteran's service and his death, thus denying the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient medical evidence linking the veteran's death to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac ventricular fibrillation, coronary atherosclerosis, fatty metamorphosis of the liver
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0208258
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What this means for you
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