The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, arteriosclerotic vascular disease leading to infarct of the bowel, was not caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that any service-connected condition contributed substantially or materially to the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriosclerotic vascular disease, Infarct of the bowel
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0405683
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,514 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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