The Board denied service connection for the cause of death, denied accrued benefits, and denied basic legal entitlement to VA death pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a relationship between any service-connected disability and the veteran's death or show that he had qualifying service for nonservice-connected death pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiorespiratory arrest, acute myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0400591
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death, specifically addressing whether in-service toxic exposures led to hypertension and ultimately caused his death.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as there was no evidence linking his conditions to his active-duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, specifically related to in-service exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary fibrosis, congestive heart failure, and arterial hypertension were not related to his military service.
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