The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for cause of death and determined that new evidence received since the last final denial supports a possible relationship between the Veteran's cause of death and his military service. However, the Board found no evidence to support a direct or secondary link between the Veteran's cause of death and any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that while there was new evidence suggesting a possible connection between the Veteran's cause of death and his military service, it did not establish a direct or secondary relationship with any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain Tumor, Cardiac Arrest
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1031396
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What this means for you
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