The Board has determined that the causes of the veteran's death were not related to his service or any service-connected condition, including his varicose veins.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's service-connected varicose veins to his cause of death (acute myocardial infarction).
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Myocardial Infarction, Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Organic Brain Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0623765
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Decisions by this judge: 1,458 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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