The Board has determined that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence does not show any etiologic connection between the veteran's period of active duty service and his fatal conditions (pneumoccus meningitis due to sepsis, urinary tract infection).
- Claimed conditions
- pneumoccus meningitis, sepsis, urinary tract infection
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0618441
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What this means for you
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