The veteran died of multiple strokes due to atherosclerotic vascular disease, which were not related to his military service. The Board denied the claim for DIC benefits as there was no evidence linking these conditions to his service.
The deciding factor: Multiple strokes and atherosclerotic vascular disease were found to be unrelated to the veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease, Multiple Strokes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0301041
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