The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that no disability incurred in or aggravated by service caused or contributed to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a direct nexus between any service-connected disability and the Veteran's death, nor was there sufficient evidence to support a presumption-based claim for the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- status epilepticus, left cerebral dysfunction with resultant seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1038646
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