The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, recurrent cardiac dysrhythmias due to ischemic heart disease and coronary heart disease, was not related to his military service or any of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a causal link between the veteran's service-connected disabilities and his fatal cardiac arrest.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury, left foot with vasospastic disease and degenerative arthritis of the distal and interphalangeal joints, residuals of cold injury, right foot with vasospastic disease and degenerative arthritis of the distal and interphalangeal joints, peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0823393
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