The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, as there was no evidence that any of the veteran's disabilities were incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's cardiac problems, endocarditis, and renal failure to his period of active service, nor any evidence connecting these conditions to a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiac problems, Endocarditis, Renal failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0900023
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