The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for the cause of his death and entitlement to accrued benefits, finding no evidence linking these conditions to active duty.
The deciding factor: No medical evidence was provided to establish a link between any condition and the veteran's active service.
- Claimed conditions
- intracranial hemorrhage with uncal herniation due to coagulopathy associated with liver cirrhosis, infective spondylitis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2005
- Citation
- 0503163
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What this means for you
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