The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities did not cause or contribute to his death. The appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of her husband's death is denied.
The deciding factor: Service-connected disabilities did not play a role in causing the veteran's death, render him less able to withstand underlying diseases, or hasten his death.
- Claimed conditions
- fibrous ankylosis of the left knee, fibrous ankylosis of the right knee, residuals of a cerebral concussion, decubital ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0621636
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