The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by service-connected conditions, including hypertension. The underlying cause of death was arteriosclerosis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the Veteran’s hypertension and his death from arteriosclerosis.
- Claimed conditions
- End-stage cardiomyopathy, Arteriosclerosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2014
- Citation
- 1400681
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