The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's death to his service, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient medical evidence to support a causal link between the veteran's service and his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiac failure, Metabolic imbalance, Senility
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2004
- Citation
- 0407822
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,055 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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