The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that there is no medical evidence linking his heart disease to service or a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: There was no medical opinion linking the veteran's fatal heart disease to service or a service-connected disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0615137
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What this means for you
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