The Board found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities did not contribute substantially or materially to his death, and thus denied the claim for service connection for cause of death.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examiner concluded that there was no evidence showing a direct link between the veteran's service-connected conditions and his cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease, bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0419016
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Decisions by this judge: 1,012 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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