The Board has determined that the service-connected conditions did not cause or contribute significantly to the veteran's death, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: The service-connected disabilities (psychoneurosis, residuals of gunshot wounds) did not have debilitating effects on health to an extent that rendered the veteran materially less capable of resisting the primary or secondary causes of his death.
- Claimed conditions
- psychoneurosis, residuals of gunshot wound to muscle groups V and XV, residuals of gunshot wound to muscle groups XII and XIV
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0607269
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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