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The Board has denied the appellant's deceased husband's claims for service connection for heart disease and osteoarthritis, finding that these conditions were not incurred during or within one year after his military service. The appellant is also denied entitlement to nonservice-connected death pension benefits due to her deceased husband lacking requisite service with the United States Armed Forces.

The deciding factor: The appellant's deceased husband did not have any evidence of heart disease or osteoarthritis at the time of separation from active military service, and there was no continuity of symptomatology after discharge. The conditions were first diagnosed many years after his separation.

Claimed conditions
heart disease, osteoarthritis
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
June 21, 2005
Citation
0516852

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