The Board denied DIC benefits based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that no service-connected disability caused or contributed substantially to his death.
The deciding factor: No service-connected condition was found to be related to the Veteran's death and did not contribute substantially to it.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate cancer, Congestive heart failure, Hepatic encephalopathy, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2013
- Citation
- 1311655
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