The Board found that the cause of the veteran's death was not related to his military service and denied entitlement to improved pension benefits due to the appellant's income exceeding the maximum limit.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking any of the veteran's conditions to his military service, and the appellant's income exceeded the required limits for improved pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiopulmonary arrest, end stage renal disease, diabetes mellitus, status post total parathyroidectomy with right forearm reimplantation, osteitis fibrosa cystica and osteomalacia (renal osteodystrophy), saccular aortic aneurysm, severe calcific atherosclerosis of the iliac arteries, status post bilateral above the knee amputations
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0614032
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