The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death, lobar pneumonia, was not related to his service and therefore denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a link between the veteran's service and his fatal condition, lobar pneumonia.
- Claimed conditions
- lobar pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0631640
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What this means for you
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