The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's cause of death to his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiac arrest, Hypotension, Gastrointestinal bleed
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0214219
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding no evidence that a disability incurred in or aggravated by service either caused or contributed substantially to his cardiac arrest.
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