The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to a lack of competent medical evidence linking his cardiorespiratory failure to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence supporting a causal connection between the veteran's cardiorespiratory disability and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiorespiratory failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0621835
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