The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by or a result of his service-connected disabilities, and thus denied the claim for service connection for cause of death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding that any service-connected disability contributed to the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular accident, Bacteremia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0933758
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