The Board found that the cause of the Veteran's death was not due to service-connected conditions, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking any service-connected conditions to the causes of death or contributing to them.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder/PTSD, Thrombosis of venous graft, Occlusive coronary arteriosclerosis, Bronchopneumonia, End stage renal disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1013028
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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