The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding no evidence that his fatal cardiovascular disease was related to his period of active military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's atherosclerosis and cardiomyopathy to his period of service or exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Atherosclerosis, Cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2015
- Citation
- 1539739
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