The Board found that the veteran's service-connected conditions did not cause or contribute to his death from aspiration pneumonia, cerebrovascular accident, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion concluded that the veteran's service-connected conditions were not likely to have been the cause of his death or contributed substantially to it.
- Claimed conditions
- Incomplete paralysis of the left sciatic nerve, Atrophy, Traumatic arthritis and healed fracture of the left acetabulum, Albuminuria, Pneumothorax
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0632167
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What this means for you
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