The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death was not related to service-connected conditions, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding that the veteran's service-connected epilepsy or any other condition caused his death from progressive chronic lymphatic leukemia.
- Claimed conditions
- progressive chronic lymphatic leukemia, seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0627300
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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