The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that there was no evidence linking any cardiovascular disability to service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a cardiovascular disability in service or within one year after discharge. The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the veteran's service-connected disabilities caused his death.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic undifferentiated schizophrenic reaction, residuals of recurrent luxation and surgery of impairment of the humerus, cardiac ischemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0740866
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