The Board found that the veteran's cause of death was due to an intracranial hemorrhage and subdural hematoma, which were not service-connected. The claim for Agent Orange exposure was also denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the fatal condition to service or any incident therein.
- Claimed conditions
- intracranial hemorrhage, subdural hematoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0407901
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,419 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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