The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected cold injuries of the feet did not cause or contribute substantially to his death, which was due to Alzheimer's disease and related conditions.
The deciding factor: Service-connected disabilities were not shown to have caused or contributed substantially to the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a cold injury to the right foot, Residuals of a cold injury of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2013
- Citation
- 1318635
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