The Board has denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The appeal regarding DIC under Section 1151 is being remanded as further development is required.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's fatal arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which was first manifested many years after service, to his military service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2007
- Citation
- 0716183
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