The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death due to coronary atherosclerosis, attributing it to non-service-connected causes. The appellant's claims regarding post traumatic stress disorder and its relation to the veteran's death were not addressed as they are separate issues.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence linking the veteran's coronary atherosclerosis or post traumatic stress disorder to service or any presumptive exposure, and the Board found that the cause of death did not stem from service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary atherosclerosis, post traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2007
- Citation
- 0725445
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