The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to micronodular cirrhosis, finding that it was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.,Eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under Chapter 35 was also denied as the veteran did not meet the eligibility criteria.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion stated that the cause of death was liver failure due to cirrhosis of the liver, which was attributed to drug abuse and hepatitis C. The service-connected disabilities were found not to be a contributing factor in the veteran's death.,The appellant did not meet the eligibility criteria for Dependents' Educational Assistance under Chapter 35 as she did not have a permanent and total disability resulting from a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Micronodular cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2005
- Citation
- 0523875
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