The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that neither his service-connected conditions nor any presumed exposure to Agent Orange caused or contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The VA physician concluded there was no likelihood that the veteran's liver disease was caused by either Agent Orange exposure or treatments offered him for his schizophrenia.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute renal failure, End stage liver disease, Congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0304052
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