The Board found that the cause of death, pneumonia, was not service-connected. The underlying condition, myocardial infarction, which occurred two weeks prior to death and contributed to the cause of death, was also not service-connected.
The deciding factor: Service-connected conditions do not contribute to death when they are static or do not affect vital organs.
- Claimed conditions
- Pneumonia, Myocardial Infarction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0831937
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