The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected disabilities did not cause or contribute substantially to his death. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that any of his service-connected conditions caused or contributed to his terminal cardiopulmonary arrest and myocardial infarction.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that the veteran's service-connected disabilities either singly or in combination with other conditions, caused or contributed substantially to his death from cardiopulmonary arrest and myocardial infarction.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiopulmonary arrest, Cataract, immature, both eyes, Degenerative joint disease of the knees and shoulders, Multiple healed scars of the right hand, right chest and left knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0301047
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