The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that his death was not caused by a disability incurred in or aggravated by service and that no service-connected disability contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's death due to cardiovascular accident was found not to be related to any incident of service or a service-connected disability. The underlying cause of death (pneumonia, sepsis, endocarditis) was determined to be unrelated to the Veteran's service and no service-connected condition played a material role in causing his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiovascular Accident, Lumbar Fibrositis with Degenerative Disc Disease, Amoebic Dysentery, Postoperative Left Varicocele with Recurrence of Varicocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1018632
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