The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, concluding that no service-connected disability caused or contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence did not support a causal link between any in-service condition and the veteran's death from cardio respiratory failure.
- Claimed conditions
- cardio respiratory failure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2004
- Citation
- 0416813
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What this means for you
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