The Board found no evidence of a service-connected condition that caused the Veteran's death, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's death to any service-connected disability or to events in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB), Community acquired pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0911701
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- Remanded (sent back)
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