The Veteran's cause of death was a cerebrovascular event, which the VA examiner opined is not likely caused by his service-connected disabilities. The Board therefore denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's cerebrovascular event, coronary artery disease, or hypertension did not have onset during active service and are not shown to be caused by active service, nor were they found to be due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular event, Coronary artery disease, Hypertension, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Cold trauma of the left hand with symptoms of cold intolerance, Cold trauma of the right hand with symptoms of cold intolerance, Cold weather injury residuals of the left foot, Cold weather injury residuals of the right foot, Bronchial asthma, History of malaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1438510
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