The Board denied the appellant's claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that no service-connected disability caused or contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's causes of death (CVA, hypertension, PTB, and peptic ulcer) did not manifest during service and were not related thereto. The appellant's statements regarding wartime experiences could not be substantiated by contemporaneous medical records or diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), hemorrhagic, Essential Hypertension, Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) (far advanced), Peptic Ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2005
- Citation
- 0500211
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What this means for you
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