The Board found no evidence of a cardiac disability during service or within one year after discharge, and the appellant's allegations were not credible. The cause of death was listed as coronary thrombosis, but there is no medical evidence linking this to service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a cardiac disability in service or within one year post-service that could be linked to the veteran's death from coronary thrombosis.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary thrombosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2008
- Citation
- 0807747
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