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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0623765
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence does not support a conclusion that the veteran had an acute myocardial infarction during active duty for training or inactive duty training, thus denying his claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence that the veteran's service or any service-connected condition caused his death, and denied service connection for the cause of his death.
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