The Board denied the claims for service connection for the cause of death, accrued benefits, and VA death pension benefits due to a lack of medical evidence linking the veteran's death to his military service.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing that the veteran's death was related to his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiorespiratory arrest, arrhythmias, premature ventricular contractions, coronary artery disease with lateral wall ischemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0605586
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for premature ventricular contractions, tachycardia, angina, and arrhythmia as secondary to her service-connected asthma and PTSD due to a lack of evidence showing a current diagnosis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for multiple conditions, but remanded all claims for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's supraventricular tachycardia, premature ventricular contractions, and premature atrial contractions based on the evidence showing that the workload of greater than 5 METs but not greater than 7 METs resulted in heart failure symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of premature ventricular contractions is remanded to obtain missing medical records.
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