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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0615263
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection and initial ratings, as well as remanded several other issues for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident, left upper extremity muscle weakness, and lower left extremity muscle weakness, have rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment prior to January 30, 2020. The Board has remanded the case for referral of the issue to the Director of Compensation Service for consideration of an extraschedular TDIU.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and the effective date for death pension benefits is denied as it occurred after the filing of an initial claim.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's hypertension, peptic ulcer, pulmonary tuberculosis, and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident were not caused by any incident of service and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
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