The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability and denied his claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing that the veteran had cardiovascular disease during or after service, nor did he have any service-connected disabilities. The death certificate indicated cardiorespiratory arrest as the immediate cause of death, but there was insufficient medical evidence to link this directly to service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiorespiratory arrest, cardiac failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0640310
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