The Board has determined that the veteran's cause of death, a cerebrovascular accident (stroke), is presumed to have been incurred in service due to his status as a prisoner of war. Therefore, service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran was a prisoner of war and strokes are now presumed to be incurred in service if manifest to a compensable degree at any time after discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- CVA (cerebrovascular accident)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0740339
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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