The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, as there was no evidence that a disability incurred in or aggravated during active military service caused or contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence that the Veteran served in Vietnam and thus no basis for applying presumptive provisions related to herbicide exposure. The Veteran's cause of death was not shown to be related to any incident of active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary thrombo-embulus due to deep vein thrombosis, chronic lymphocytic lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0907060
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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