The Veteran's cause of death, hepatic failure due to cryptogenic cirrhosis, is not service-connected. The Board finds that the Veteran's service-connected conditions did not contribute substantially or materially to his death.
The deciding factor: Cryptogenic cirrhosis was not present during service, continuously present since service, or manifest within one year of separation, and there is no evidence linking it to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- cryptogenic cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2014
- Citation
- 1426554
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- Granted
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