The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and determined that the appellant is eligible for Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on a finding that the veteran's arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which caused his death, was incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary insufficiency, advanced coronary arteriosclerosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0635148
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