The Board found no evidence to support the claim that the veteran's service-connected conditions contributed to his death, and thus denied service connection for cause of death. The appellant also did not meet the criteria for basic eligibility for VA nonservice-connected pension benefits due to a lack of qualifying service.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient medical evidence linking any service-connected disability to the veteran's death or demonstrating that he had qualifying service.
- Claimed conditions
- myocardial ischemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0631529
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