The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, was not service-connected and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence linking the veteran's psychiatric disorder to his period of service or showing a causal relationship between any other condition (including arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease) and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, Hyperlipidemia, Peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2005
- Citation
- 0515810
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