The Board found that the veteran's ruptured abdominal aneurysm was not caused or aggravated by VA medical treatment, and thus denied service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: A VA physician concluded there is less than a 50% probability that the aneurysm causing the veteran's death was related to medications he was taking for other conditions or from VA medical or surgical treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- ruptured abdominal aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0839874
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