The Board found that the veteran's death was not due to service-connected conditions and denied his claims for service connection, non-service-connected pension benefits, and accrued benefits.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a direct link between the veteran's military service and the cause of his death or any other condition he had during his lifetime.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory arrest, prostatic enlargement, tuberculosis meningitis, acute pyelonephritis with secondary septicemia and peptic shock, liver granuloma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0620495
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