The Board has determined that service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is warranted due to atherosclerosis, which was related to his service. The appellant's claim for entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is granted.
The deciding factor: Atherosclerosis, listed as one of the causes of death in the postmortem certificate and treated during the six days prior to the veteran's death, was found to be related to his service and thus considered a service-connected disability that contributed to the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- malignancy involving the right lung, atherosclerosis aorta, acute mucosal ulcer, stomach
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2007
- Citation
- 0740564
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