The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by or aggravated by any service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the veteran’s fatal conditions to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- septicemia, gaseous distention of the colon, adynamic ileus, chronic constipation, chronic senile dementia, debilitation, history of peptic ulcer disease, diet-controlled diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 11, 2004
- Citation
- 0422010
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- Dismissed
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