The Board has determined that the veteran's death from respiratory failure, Parkinsonism, cerebral vascular disease, and insulin dependent diabetes mellitus was not caused or contributed to by any service-connected disability. The preponderance of evidence is against a favorable decision for the appellant's claim.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's in-service and post-service psychiatric conditions to his fatal conditions, nor does there exist any evidence that these conditions either caused or contributed substantially or materially to his death from respiratory failure, Parkinsonism, cerebral vascular disease, and insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory failure, Parkinsonism, cerebral vascular disease, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0632400
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Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Parkinsonism, finding that the Veteran's condition is related to his military service. The decision resolves all doubts in favor of the claim.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Parkinsonism, finding that the Veteran's condition is related to his military service. The decision resolves all doubts in favor of the claim.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's causes of death were not found to be service-connected, as there was no credible evidence linking the conditions to his military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and a need for further examination. The Veteran's claim is related to his exposure at Camp Lejeune, but there are questions about whether he currently has Parkinson's Disease or Parkinsonism.
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