The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for myocardial infarction secondary to his service-connected varicose veins of the left leg and determined that the veteran's death was not caused by or substantially contributed to by a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support the conclusion that the veteran's varicose veins of the left leg contributed materially or substantially to the cause of his death, which was due to complications of hepatic encephalopathy caused by cardiac arrest.
- Claimed conditions
- myocardial infarction, varicose veins of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2003
- Citation
- 0305828
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