The Board determined that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence showing a cerebrovascular accident during active service or within one year of separation from active service, nor any indication that it is related to a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular Accident
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2005
- Citation
- 0503554
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