The Board finds that the Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and thus service connection for cause of death is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence linking the Veteran's heart disease to his military service or any service-connected condition at the time of his death.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac arrest, cardiac arrhythmia, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1015570
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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