The Board found that the causes of the veteran's death were not incurred or aggravated during his military service, and denied both the claim for service connection for the cause of death and the claim for accrued benefits.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking any of the conditions causing the veteran's death to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- CHF, PTB
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0410433
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