The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's death to his service, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: There was no competent evidence associating the factors that led to the veteran's death with his active military duty.
- Claimed conditions
- septicemia, third degree burns
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0613151
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Decisions by this judge: 493 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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