The Board found that the Veteran's lung disability, which caused his death in 2005, was not related to service and specifically denied service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence held that the Veteran's lung disability was more likely due to smoking rather than exposure to harmful gases during training at Fort Dix in 1963.
- Claimed conditions
- pneumothorax, bullous emphysema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1020951
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