The Veteran's cause of death, ischemic left middle cerebral artery infarct and ischemic cerebral vascular disease, are not service-connected as they did not result from his active military service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died from an ischemic stroke which is not service-connected based on exposure to Agent Orange in Korea or any other presumptive conditions. The cause of death was determined to be unrelated to his service-connected residuals fracture of the left ankle and lower fibula with tibiofibular ligament rupture.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic left middle cerebral artery infarct, Ischemic cerebral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1423269
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