The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by or substantially contributed to by a service-connected disability, including his service-connected post-traumatic migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the cause of the veteran's death (22 caliber gunshot wound) to any service-connected condition or active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- 22 caliber gunshot wound to right temple
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0834135
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