The Board found no evidence of a service-connected condition that caused or contributed to the Veteran's death, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: There was no etiologic relationship between the Veteran's fatal heart condition and his active duty military service, or between his fatal heart condition and his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- atherosclerotic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease (PVD), diabetes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2012
- Citation
- 1216685
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