The Board has determined that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and therefore denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that any service-connected disability contributed to or caused the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular accident (CVA), Arteriosclerotic heart disease (ASHD), Hypertensive cardiovascular disease (HCVD), Osteoarthritis of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spines
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2005
- Citation
- 0526614
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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