The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her deceased spouse's death, finding that she did not have qualifying military service to establish eligibility for VA benefits.
The deciding factor: The United States service department verified no other service than recognized guerilla and Regular Philippine Army service for the appellant's deceased spouse. The Board found this insufficient to meet the requirements for VA benefits based on Philippine service.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2004
- Citation
- 0404001
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