The Board found that the Veteran's cause of death was not caused by any service-related condition, and therefore denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's service-connected conditions contributed to his death or were directly related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac disease, esophageal perforation, pulmonary failure, multisystem failure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2009
- Citation
- 0941124
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- Denied
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