The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions did not find a direct relationship between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his death-causing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- septic shock, pneumococcal pneumonia, alcoholism, alcoholic hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1018470
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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