The Board found no evidence of a bayonet injury in service and concluded that the veteran's cause of death, asphyxiation, was not related to service. As such, the claim for service connection for the cause of death is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a bayonet injury in service and no medical evidence linking the tracheotomy to the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- mediastinal fibrosis, tracheal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0721093
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