The Veteran's death was attributed to an intracranial hemorrhage, but there is no evidence linking his service-connected conditions to the cause of death. The appellant did not provide new and material evidence to reopen her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a link between the Veteran's service-connected conditions (generalized anxiety disorder with PTSD) and his intracranial hemorrhage, which was the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- intracranial hemorrhage, generalized anxiety disorder with PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2016
- Citation
- 1613524
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