The Board denied the claims for nonservice-connected death pension benefits, accrued benefits, and service connection for the cause of death due to lack of recognized service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's military records were destroyed in a 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center, making it impossible to establish his qualifying service for VA pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- PTB (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0412755
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