The Board has granted the appellant's reinstatement of death pension benefits due to her income being below the maximum allowable rate. The claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is denied as there is no competent evidence indicating any possible relationship between the cause of death and his military service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence indicates that the causes of death were unrelated to service, with gastrointestinal bleeding due to multiple myeloma being the immediate cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- myocardial infarction, gastrointestinal bleeding, multiple myeloma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0622454
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