The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death and also denied entitlement to Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits. The evidence did not establish a link between any disability and the veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: There was no direct service connection established for any condition that could have caused the veteran's death, and the medical evidence did not support a relationship between asbestos exposure in service and his lung disease or heart problems.
- Claimed conditions
- sudden cardiac death
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637613
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