The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, cerebrovascular disease and uncontrolled hypertension, was not related to his service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's cause of death and service, and a prolonged period without treatment or complaint weighs against the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- cerebrovascular disease, hemorrhage, uncontrolled hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2008
- Citation
- 0814799
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