The Board has determined that the Veteran's death is not attributable to a disability incurred or aggravated in service, and therefore denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: There is no clinical evidence or lay allegation of record linking any of the causes of death listed on the death certificate to military service. The Board found that there was no relationship between the Veteran's service-connected low back strain and his causes of death, nor did any other conditions listed on the death certificate have a direct link to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute cardiopulmonary arrest, Probable acute myocardial infarction, Liver cirrhosis due to hepatitis C, Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, Ascites
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1140274
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