The Board finds that the veteran's cause of death, a hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident, was not caused or contributed to by any service-connected disability. The evidence does not establish a causal relationship between thrombophlebitis and the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that a service-connected condition caused or contributed to the veteran's cause of death (hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident).
- Claimed conditions
- hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident, left frontal hematoma with rupture into the ventricles
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0615263
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