The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by any event in service or his service-connected disabilities, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The VA physician concluded that the veteran's death was more likely related to an infectious process involving the urinary and gastrohepatic system rather than his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Metabolic Acidosis, Hepatic Failure, Viral Hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2007
- Citation
- 0738647
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