The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for the cause of his death and under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, finding that there was no evidence to support the appellant's allegations.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion found no negligence in VA treatment and the bruises were not caused by crawling over bedrails as alleged.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute pulmonary embolus, Immobility, Acute left lower lobe pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0640149
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