The Board denied the claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, accrued benefits, and nonservice-connected death pension due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's active service.
The deciding factor: There was no competent evidence showing that any of the listed causes of death were related to the veteran's active service or that he had tuberculosis during his service period.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiorespiratory arrest, aspiration pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0816530
What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board found that the evidence submitted since the June 1956 rating decision was not new and material, as it did not include competent evidence that the Veteran's PTB was manifest in service, within three years of service or was aggravated by service.
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