The Board found that the veteran's fatal heart disease was not caused by or related to his service-connected disabilities, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a link between the veteran's service-connected disabilities and his fatal heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Acute myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0601979
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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